Ashwicken Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, King's Lynn

Ofsted's report card from its 24 March 2026 inspection grades Ashwicken Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School on 7 areas: 1 strong standard and 6 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "The personal, social and health education curriculum is very well planned and delivered with precision."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Typically, pupils achieve well across the curriculum and overall attainment remains close to national expectations."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Pupils' attendance has been broadly in line with national averages for several years."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed a curriculum that is well sequenced, ambitious and adapted where required."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders have carefully developed the curriculum and mapped the key knowledge that children need to master across all areas of learning."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Staff understand and know pupils well."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders know the school well and are dedicated to its further development."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to strengthen staff expertise to ensure they consistently support all pupils to achieve the ambitions of the curriculum"; "Leaders should ensure that staff swiftly and precisely identify pupils' misconceptions so that they do not continue to make the same errors".

In 2025, 90% of Year 6 pupils at Ashwicken Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 76% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 73% and 70% in Norfolk and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 68% in reading and 74% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 12 families put Ashwicken Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School as their first choice and 27 named it as one of their preferences, for 15 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Ashwicken Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School are Holly Meadows School (1.9 miles, Good, 50% reading, 68% maths); St Matthew's Church of England Primary Academy (2 miles); Gayton Church of England Primary Academy (2.3 miles, Good, 48% reading, 61% maths); and Fairstead Community Primary and Nursery School (2.8 miles, Good, 73% reading, 63% maths).

Ashwicken Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

26 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Ashwicken Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (as of April 2026): 92% would recommend the school, 96% say their child is happy there and 50% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (96%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (50%).

12.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 6.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (86%) and Mixed (10%).

In 2026, 20 pupils (19.2%) received SEN support and 10 (9.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a moderate learning difficulty.

Ashwicken Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School had 7 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Ashwicken Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (adjacent), 40 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 0 crimes within a mile of the school. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Norfolk (28).

In 2024/25, Ashwicken Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School issued 10 suspensions, 9.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.