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Reffley Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Reffley Lane, King's Lynn PE30 3SF · reffley.norfolk.sch.uk · 01553 671045
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 74%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Norfolk 56%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 322
- 74% of 433 places
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 16.4%
- First language not English
- 9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 36 families put the school first and 39 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 39 | 36 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 36 | 33 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 36 | 36 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 29 | 27 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 37 | 37 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 74% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% the higher standard. Across Norfolk it was 56%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲74% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 120925)
Ofsted
Reffley Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 8 March 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 8 Mar 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2014
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 120925), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jul 2014Good
Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120925)
What parents said
81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (43 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 81%
- Replies
- 43
- 12% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied