Reffley Academy

Reffley Academy is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating in several key areas such as the quality of education, personal development, and leadership and management. Pupils express high satisfaction with their school environment, feeling safe and well cared for, largely due to the schools' strong focus on teaching and support. The curriculum has been described as ambitious, with a particular emphasis on reading, fostering an enjoyable learning atmosphere among students.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit outstanding behaviour and attitudes towards learning.
• The teaching of reading is highly structured and effective.
• Teachers adapt the curriculum well for students with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Strong social skills and values are developed among pupils.
• The school promotes a positive culture of respect and consideration.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment methods do not consistently identify how some pupils can improve their learning.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Reffley Academy attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.1% of pupils at Reffley Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Reffley Academy had 17.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 12.4% of pupils at Reffley Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Reffley Academy received £7,081 and spent £7,607 for each of its 334 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £197,000 (£589 per pupil).

Across all 3 schools of Ad Meliora Academy Trust, income was £7,190 and spending £7,585 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in King'S Lynn · Norfolk local authority: places and applications

Reffley Academy is part of Ad Meliora Academy Trust, which runs 3 schools. The nearest others:

• Greenpark Academy King'S Lynn
• Blenheim Park Academy Fakenham

What is Reffley Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Reffley Academy is Good, from an inspection in May 2022.

When was Reffley Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Reffley Academy was last inspected in May 2022.

How many pupils does Reffley Academy have?

Reffley Academy has 322 pupils on roll.

What age range does Reffley Academy cover?

Reffley Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Reffley Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Reffley Academy?

Reffley Academy is at Reffley Lane, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 3SF.