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EnglandKing's Lynn

Schools in King's Lynn

Red-brick Georgian warehouses and Victorian civic buildings frame King's Lynn's riverside centre, where the medieval town grid spreads inland from The Wash estuary in Norfolk. The Great Ouse waterfront anchors the town's identity as a historic market port, a hub that once sustained far-reaching trade networks into the Low Countries and beyond. Around 47,600 people live here today.

Gaywood and Shouldham have emerged as the school-competitive neighbourhoods, drawing families actively seeking primary places and catchment advantage. From King's Lynn station, regular services connect to Norwich in just over an hour, linking this market town into the wider East Anglian rail network and regional commerce. Litcham, Stoke Ferry, and Terrington St Clement extend outward into quieter rural villages across the periphery.

Area Performance

King's Lynn schools rank in the top 63% of England

Across 53 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.06/10, -0.31 vs England.

Find My School Inspection Band

4% Elite

Distribution across all King's Lynn schools

16%
73%
EliteExcellentGoodDevelopingRebuilding

King's Lynn vs England distribution

National Rank

Top 63%

Across all ranked King's Lynn schools

Top 61%Primaryavg #9,145 of 14,978
Top 80%Secondaryavg #2,939 of 3,680
Top 70%Sixth formavg #1,675 of 2,376

Primary schools: 45 schools (state + independent)

LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.1/10
-0.28 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#9,145
-11 pts vs medianmedian 7,489

top 61% of 14,978

% reaching expected RWM standardstate
56%
-6 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 62%
% reaching higher RWM standardstate
5%
-3 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 8%
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.1/10
-0.28 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#9,145
-11 pts vs medianmedian 7,489

top 61% of 14,978

% reaching expected RWM standardstate
56%
-6 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 62%
% reaching higher RWM standardstate
5%
-3 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 8%

Secondary schools: 5 schools (state + independent)

LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.0/10
-0.40 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#2,939
-30 pts vs medianmedian 1,840

top 80% of 3,680

Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
43.4
+4.3 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.0/10
-0.40 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#2,939
-30 pts vs medianmedian 1,840

top 80% of 3,680

Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
43.4
+4.3 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1

Sixth form schools: 3 schools (state + independent)

LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.0/10
-0.74 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.7/10
Average national rank
#1,675
-20 pts vs medianmedian 1,188

top 70% of 2,376

% A*-A at A-Level
15%
-10 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 25%
% A*-B at A-Level
37%
-13 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 50%
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.0/10
-0.74 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.7/10
Average national rank
#1,675
-20 pts vs medianmedian 1,188

top 70% of 2,376

% A*-A at A-Level
15%
-10 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 25%
% A*-B at A-Level
37%
-13 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 50%

Overall Oxbridge

#684

3 ranked schools · +230 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984

Applications

22

Offers

5

Offer rate22.7%
+0.3 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%

Oxford

#287

1 ranked schools · -34 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198

Applications

3

Offers

0

Offer rate0.0%
-15.1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 15.1%

Cambridge

#727

3 ranked schools · +46 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881

Applications

19

Offers

5

Offer rate26.3%
-3.1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 29.4%
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