King's Lynn Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
May 17 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Not applicable
Local authority
Norfolk
Unique reference
136202
Address
Queen Mary Road, PE30 4QG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
952 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
49.5%
Girls
50.5%
First language not English
19.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.4%
Persistent absence
23.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77.3%
Other White 17.6%
Mixed 2.5%
African 0.9%
Irish 0.4%
Indian 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 57%
Local authority average 43%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 34%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39
Local authority average 45.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.58
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE17
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE31
BiologyGCSE21
ChemistryGCSE21
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE19
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
English LanguageGCSE178
English LiteratureGCSE177
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE1
FrenchGCSE75
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

King's Lynn Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
193
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
221
2nd preference
142
3rd preference
80
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
181
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.2
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
199
95
104
Year 8
204
102
102
Year 9
192
96
96
Year 10
178
88
90
Year 11
179
90
89
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
83.9%
85.5%
Further education
54.0%
43.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
27.0%
33.2%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
7.0%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.8%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.7%
5.7%
Destination unknown
5.0%
2.9%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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