St Martha's Catholic Primary School
St Martha's Catholic Primary School is an academy converter in King'S Lynn for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 399 pupils on roll. In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.
KS2 results: 2025.
| Type | Primary / Academy converter |
| Age Range | 4-11 |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Address | Field Lane Gaywood St Martha's Catholic Primary School King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 4AY |
| Phone | 01553774829 |
| Reference Number | 147415 |
General Makeup
| Number of pupils | 399 |
| Boy/Girl ratio |
Boys: 52.63%
Girls: 47.37% |
| Percentage of students eligible for free school meals | 5.8% |
| Percentage of students where English is not their first language | 60.9% |
Class Sizes
| Average size of one teacher classes | 28.8 |
| Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher | 27.6 |
| Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher | 29.5 |
Year Groups
| Year | Boys | Girls | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 | 20 | 46 |
| 2 | 34 | 26 | 60 |
| 3 | 34 | 25 | 59 |
| 4 | 27 | 33 | 60 |
| 5 | 28 | 28 | 56 |
| 6 | 30 | 31 | 61 |
Ethnicities
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| White, British | 38.6% |
| White, Other | 23.8% |
| Indian | 14.8% |
| Unclassified | 5.5% |
| Mixed, Other | 5.3% |
| African | 3.8% |
| Asian, Other | 3.5% |
| White & Asian | 1.8% |
| White & Black (African) | 0.5% |
| White & Black (Caribbean) | 0.3% |
| Pakistani | 0.3% |
| Overall Ofsted Rating | |
| Last Report Date | 30 Jan 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection |
| Date | Report |
|---|---|
| 30 Jan 2024 | School inspection |
| 07 Sep 2019 | Academy conversion letter |
| 03 Mar 2016 | Short inspection |
| Previously as St Martha's Catholic Primary School, Kings Lynn | |
| 28 Mar 2014 | Interim assessment |
| 04 Jul 2011 | Full inspection: |
| 08 Jul 2008 | Full inspection: |
| 12 Mar 2007 | Curriculum and development visit |
| 26 Apr 2004 | Full inspection |
How many students meet the standards
| Reading, Writing & Maths | School Score | Percentile (local) | Percentile (nationwide) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils meeting the expected standard | 65% | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
| Pupils meeting a higher standard | 0% | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
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 | 105 | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
| Maths | 104 | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
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 | 0.1 | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
| Writing | -0.7 | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
| Maths | 0.9 | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
How many students meet the standards
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| Number of Applications | Number of Offers | |
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| Second Preference | 26 | 1 |
| Third Preference | 8 | 0 |
| From another Local Authority | 0 | 0 |
Previous years
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In 2024–25 St Martha's Catholic Primary School had 400 pupils for 420 places. 20 places (4.8%) were unfilled.
Pupils and places
Reception intake in the “King's Lynn Central Primary Phase” planning area
Norfolk counted 472 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 486 in 2029–30, up 3%.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Places | 420 | 420 | 420 | 420 | 420 |
| Pupils | 415 | 418 | 411 | 412 | 400 |
| Unfilled | 1.2% | 0.5% | 2.1% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
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 St Martha's Catholic Primary School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).
Sessions missed
Pupils persistently absent
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Authorised absence | 3.7% | 5.3% | 3.8% | 4.5% | 4.0% |
| Unauthorised absence | 0.8% | 1.8% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 0.8% |
| Severely absent pupils | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.0% |
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, 3.2% of pupils at St Martha's Catholic Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.
Pupils suspended at least once
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 5.0 |
| Permanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 St Martha's Catholic Primary School had 19.7 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
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils per adult | 12.3 | 11.1 | 10.2 | 24.5 | 11.5 | 11.1 | 11.0 |
| Teachers who left state teaching | 0.0% | 0.0% | 38.2% | 10.0% | 12.4% | 0.0% | – |
| Teachers who took any sick leave | – | 10.0% | 0.0% | 60.9% | 72.7% | 66.7% | – |
| Sick days per teacher | – | 5.5 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 2.6 | 1.9 | – |
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, 11.0% of pupils at St Martha's Catholic Primary School 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
| SEN support | EHC plan | |
|---|---|---|
| Speech, language and communication needs | 15 | 11 |
| No specialist assessment of need | 13 | 0 |
| Specific learning difficulty | 8 | 0 |
| Social, emotional and mental health | 5 | 1 |
| Autistic spectrum disorder | 1 | 1 |
| Moderate learning difficulty | 1 | 1 |
| Other difficulty or disability | 0 | 1 |
| Physical disability | 0 | 1 |
| Vision impairment | 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 St Martha's Catholic Primary School received £6,017 and spent £5,707 for each of its 401 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £194,000 (£484 per pupil).
Across all 10 schools of St John the Baptist Catholic Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,090 and spending £6,959 per pupil.
Income per pupil
Spending per pupil
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue reserve | £86,000 | £128,000 | £34,000 | £152,000 | £206,000 | £194,000 |
| per pupil | £226 | £308 | £82 | £364 | £500 | £484 |
| In-year balance | -£52,000 | -£60,000 | -£171,000 | -£104,000 | £56,000 | £124,000 |
| per pupil | -£136 | -£144 | -£413 | -£249 | £135 | £310 |
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.
| Name | Distance |
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Gaywood Primary School
Field Lane, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 4AY |
0.02 miles |
|
Reffley Academy
Reffley Lane, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 3SF |
0.67 miles |
|
Fairstead Community Primary and Nursery School
William Booth Road, Fairstead, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 4RR |
0.71 miles |
|
King's Oak Academy
Parkway, Gaywood, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 4QJ |
0.84 miles |
|
Parkway Academy
Parkway, Gaywood, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 4QJ |
0.85 miles |
|
South Wootton Junior School
Hall Lane, South Wootton, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 3JZ |
0.95 miles |
|
Highgate Infant School
Gaywood Road, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 2PS |
0.97 miles |
|
South Wootton Infant School
9 Church Lane, South Wootton, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 3LJ |
1.13 miles |
|
Eastgate Academy
Littleport Terrace, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1QA |
1.19 miles |
|
Greenpark Academy
9-11 Wensum Way, King's Lynn, PE30 2RE |
1.34 miles |
|
King's Lynn Nursery School
St James Park, King's Lynn, PE30 5PT |
1.4 miles |
|
Greyfriars Academy
London Road, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5PY |
1.46 miles |
|
Whitefriars Church of England Primary Academy
Whitefriars Road, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5AH |
1.65 miles |
|
North Wootton Academy
Priory Lane, North Wootton, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 3PT |
1.76 miles |
|
West Lynn Primary School
St Peter's Road, West Lynn, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE34 3JL |
1.93 miles |
|
St Michael's Church of England Academy
Saddlebow Road, South Lynn, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5BN |
2.09 miles |
|
Clenchwarton Primary School
139 Main Road, Clenchwarton, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE34 4DT |
3.11 miles |
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West Winch Primary School
Back Lane, West Winch, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE33 0LA |
3.2 miles |
|
Ashwicken Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
East Winch Road, Ashwicken, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE32 1LY |
3.23 miles |
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Holly Meadows School
Vong Lane, Pott Row, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE32 1BW |
4.21 miles |
| Name | Distance |
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Springwood High School
Queensway, Gaywood, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 4AW |
0.08 miles |
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King Edward VII Academy
Gaywood Road, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 2QB |
0.78 miles |
|
Churchill Park Complex Needs School
Winston Churchill Drive, Fairstead, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 4RP |
0.83 miles |
|
King's Lynn Academy
Queen Mary Road, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 4QG |
0.84 miles |
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The College of West Anglia
Tennyson Avenue, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 2QW |
0.91 miles |
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Fen Rivers Academy
Kilhams Way, King's Lynn, PE30 2HU |
1.3 miles |
|
Visiting Teacher Service West
|
1.65 miles |
All schools in King'S Lynn · Norfolk local authority: places and applications
St Martha's Catholic Primary School is part of St John the Baptist Catholic Multi Academy Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:
- St Thomas More Catholic Primary School Peterborough
- St John Fisher Catholic High School Peterborough
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Peterborough
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Costessey Norwich
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School Norwich
- Notre Dame High School, Norwich Norwich
- St Edmund's RC Primary School and Nursery Bungay
- St Benet's RC Primary School and Nursery Beccles
- St Mary and St Peter Catholic Primary School Great Yarmouth
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School Lowestoft
How many pupils does St Martha's Catholic Primary School have?
St Martha's Catholic Primary School has 399 pupils on roll.
What age range does St Martha's Catholic Primary School cover?
St Martha's Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.
What are St Martha's Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?
In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.
Where is St Martha's Catholic Primary School?
St Martha's Catholic Primary School is at Field Lane, Gaywood, St Martha's Catholic Primary School, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 4AY.