Gooderstone Church of England Primary Academy
Academy converter · King's Lynn · PE33 9BP
Ages 3–11 · 56 pupils · Norfolk
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
30%
Overall absence
4.3%
Admissions demand
0.90 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-10-17
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 95.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 96.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 95.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
- Authorised absence
- 3.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 39
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
0.90 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
9
Places offered
10
1st-preference offers
9
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 13
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 10
- 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).
56 pupils · 70 places
- Pupils on roll
- 56
- Boys / girls
- 24 / 32
- School capacity
- 70
- Capacity fill
- 56 / 70 (80%)
- Free school meals
- 23.4%
- FSM pupils
- 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 3–11
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Norwich
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE DIOCESE OF NORWICH EDUCATION AND ACADEMIES TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE DIOCESE OF NORWICH EDUCATION AND ACADEMIES TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Diocese of Norwich Education and Academies Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Godbold
Location
- Address
- The Street, Gooderstone
- Postcode
- PE33 9BP
- Town
- King's Lynn
- County
- Norfolk
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- District
- Breckland
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 3–11, in King's Lynn, Norfolk, 56 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 23.4%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Norwich.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Godbold
- Telephone
- 01366328280