Nelson Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Downham Market · PE38 9PF · Norfolk
Ages 3–11
- KS266%
- Absence6.8%
- FSM31.4%
- Demand0.88
0.7 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 121013
Downham Market, Hillcrest Primary School
Community school · Downham Market · PE38 9ND
Ages 5–11 · 404 pupils · Norfolk
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
64%
Overall absence
5.7%
Admissions demand
1.26 · Competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-09-20
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)64%
Higher standard (RWM)7%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 106.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.7%
Persistent absence (10%+)15.1%
Unauthorised1.4%
- Authorised absence
- 4.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.3%
- Enrolments in measure
- 398
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.26 · Competitive
1st preferences
72
Places offered
57
1st-preference offers
57
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 94
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 57
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill96%
404 pupils · 420 places
- Pupils on roll
- 404
- Boys / girls
- 207 / 197
- School capacity
- 420
- Capacity fill
- 404 / 420 (96%)
- Free school meals
- 18.8%
- FSM pupils
- 76
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 5–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mr Matthew Try
Location
- Address
- Hillcrest, Bexwell Road
- Postcode
- PE38 9ND
- Town
- Downham Market
- County
- Norfolk
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- District
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
SEN & specialist provision
As recorded in GIAS — provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Resourced provision
- SEN unit
- SEN unit places
- 14 on roll / 20 capacity
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 5–11, in Downham Market, Norfolk, 404 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 18.8%. SEN provision includes: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Wimbotsham and Stow Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
King's Lynn · PE34 3QH · Norfolk
Ages 3–11
- KS254%
- Absence5.5%
- FSM10.0%
- Demand1.00
1.0 miles away
Denver Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Downham Market · PE38 0DP · Norfolk
Ages 4–11
- KS269%
- Absence4.1%
- FSM16.7%
- Demand0.94
1.2 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Matthew Try
- Telephone
- 01366388191