Ashwicken Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardVoluntary aided school · Primary
King's Lynn · PE32 1LY · Norfolk
Ages 5–11
- KS247%
- Absence5.2%
- FSM12.5%
- Demand1.00
1.9 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 136536
Holly Meadows School
Community school · King's Lynn · PE32 1BW
Ages 5–11 · 123 pupils · Norfolk
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
48%
Overall absence
5.4%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-06-04
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)48%
Higher standard (RWM)10%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 102.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.4%
Persistent absence (10%+)10.7%
Unauthorised1.5%
- Authorised absence
- 3.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 121
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
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
18
Places offered
19
1st-preference offers
18
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 23
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 18
- 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 fill70%
123 pupils · 175 places
- Pupils on roll
- 123
- Boys / girls
- 56 / 67
- School capacity
- 175
- Capacity fill
- 123 / 175 (70%)
- Free school meals
- 7.3%
- FSM pupils
- 9
- 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
- Mrs Jennie Wildsmith-Garton
Location
- Address
- Vong Lane, Pott Row
- Postcode
- PE32 1BW
- Town
- King's Lynn
- County
- Norfolk
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- District
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- North 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 community school (primary), Ages 5–11, in King's Lynn, Norfolk, 123 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 7.3%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Gayton Church of England Primary Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Kings Lynn · PE32 1QZ · Norfolk
Ages 5–11
- KS247%
- Absence5.9%
- FSM21.1%
- Demand1.00
2.1 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jennie Wildsmith-Garton
- Telephone
- 01485600241