Overall Oxbridge
#684
3 ranked schools · +230 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,983
Applications
22
Offers
5
Offer rate22.7%
+0.3 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
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.
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4
Secondary
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1
All-through
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1
Post-16
colleges
2
Special
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of which3sixth forms·19faith·1nurseries57 total
Area Performance
King's Lynn schools rank in the top 64% of England
Across 53 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.02/10, -0.36 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
4% Elite
Distribution across all King's Lynn schools
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King's Lynn vs England distribution
National Rank
Top 64%
Across all ranked King's Lynn schools
Top 61%Primaryavg #9,177 of 14,978
Top 81%Secondaryavg #3,146 of 3,861
Top 78%Sixth formavg #1,991 of 2,554
Primary schools: 45 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.0/10
-0.32 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#9,177
-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
7.0/10
-0.32 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#9,177
-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
6.9/10
-0.50 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#3,146
-31 pts vs medianmedian 1,931
top 81% of 3,861
Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
43.4
+4.3 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1
Average FMS Inspection Score
6.9/10
-0.50 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#3,146
-31 pts vs medianmedian 1,931
top 81% of 3,861
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
#1,991
-28 pts vs medianmedian 1,277
top 78% of 2,554
% 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
#1,991
-28 pts vs medianmedian 1,277
top 78% of 2,554
% 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%
Oxford
#287
1 ranked schools · -34 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,197
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 1,880
Applications
19
Offers
5
Offer rate26.3%
-3.1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 29.4%
Top 3 Primary Schools
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King's Lynn
Top 3 Secondary Schools
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King's Lynn
Top 3 Sixth Forms
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King's Lynn
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School profiles in King's Lynn
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