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Wimbotsham and Stow Academy

Primary Ages 3-11 106 pupils King'S Lynn
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Wimbotsham and Stow Academy is an academy converter in King'S Lynn for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 106 pupils on roll. In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Chapel Lane
Wimbotsham
King's Lynn
Norfolk
PE34 3QH
Phone 01366382336
Reference Number 145533

General Makeup

Number of pupils 106
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 46.23%
Girls: 53.77%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 10%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.2
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 14
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 8 6 14
2 7 7 14
3 5 4 9
4 8 6 14
5 8 9 17
6 3 12 15

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 95.3%
White, Other 1.9%
White & Asian 0.9%
Asian, Other 0.9%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 19 Jul 2022 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
19 Jul 2022 School inspection
03 Mar 2018 Academy conversion letter
20 Sep 2016 Full inspection:
Previously as Wimbotsham and Stow Community School
14 Oct 2014 Full inspection:
21 Mar 2011 Full inspection:
16 Oct 2007 Full inspection:
16 May 2005 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 56%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 106
Maths 101

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -3.8
Writing -5.3
Maths -6.3

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 6 1
Third Preference 1 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Wimbotsham and Stow Academy had 101 pupils for 98 places. That is 3 more pupils than the school has room for.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Downham Market Primary Phase” planning area

Norfolk counted 235 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 226 in 2029–30, down 4%.

2018201920212022202320242025
Places 9896969610510598
Pupils 9698111112103103101
Unfilled 2.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.9%1.9%0.0%

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 Wimbotsham and Stow Academy attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.8%2.4%5.9%4.0%3.8%4.0%
Unauthorised absence 1.0%1.0%1.3%1.4%1.8%1.3%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%2.2%1.0%2.0%1.1%1.1%

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, 0.9% of pupils at Wimbotsham and Stow Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.00.00.03.41.8
Permanent exclusions 0000000

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 Wimbotsham and Stow Academy had 20.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 11.711.211.312.411.710.59.010.9
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%0.0%7.4%0.0%0.0%11.8%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 40.0%–33.3%28.6%28.6%83.3%20.0%–
Sick days per teacher 0.6–2.60.90.53.10.4–

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, 4.7% of pupils at Wimbotsham and Stow Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Other difficulty or disability 3 1
Social, emotional and mental health 1 0
Speech, language and communication needs 1 0

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 Wimbotsham and Stow Academy received £7,564 and spent £7,759 for each of its 108 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £280,000 (£2,590 per pupil).

Across all 12 schools of Unity Education Trust, income was £9,934 and spending £10,116 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

201920202022202320242025
Revenue reserve £38,000£30,000£139,000£240,000£256,000£280,000
per pupil £378£295£1,249£2,244£2,330£2,590
In-year balance -£27,000-£41,000£88,000£55,000-£31,000-£21,000
per pupil -£266-£399£789£511-£278-£195

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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4.21 miles
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4.23 miles
Name Distance
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0.67 miles
Downham Market Academy
Bexwell Road, Downham Market, Norfolk, PE38 9LL
1.06 miles

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

Wimbotsham and Stow Academy is part of Unity Education Trust, which runs 12 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Wimbotsham and Stow Academy have?

Wimbotsham and Stow Academy has 106 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wimbotsham and Stow Academy cover?

Wimbotsham and Stow Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Wimbotsham and Stow Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wimbotsham and Stow Academy?

Wimbotsham and Stow Academy is at Chapel Lane, Wimbotsham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE34 3QH.

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