Academy converter · Primary
King's Lynn · PE30 5AH · Norfolk
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 145535
Greyfriars Academy
Academy converter · Kings Lynn · PE30 5PY
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
199
Local authority
Norfolk
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
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 4–11, in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, 199 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 44.2%. SEN provision includes: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 145535
Location
- Address
- London Road
- Postcode
- PE30 5PY
- Town
- Kings Lynn
- County
- Norfolk
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- District
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 199
- Boys / girls
- 99 / 100
- School capacity
- 304
- Capacity fill
- 199 / 304 (65%)
- Free school meals
- 44.2%
- FSM pupils
- 88
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: UNITY EDUCATION TRUST
- Academy trust
- UNITY EDUCATION TRUST
- Sponsor
- Unity Education Trust
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 4 on roll / 15 capacity
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Aidan McGovern
- Telephone
- 01553773087
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Requires improvement
Inspection date
2024-01-31
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 28%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 2%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 100.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 101.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 99.0