School admissions in King's Lynn

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.

Reception places, September 2026

44 schools. 8 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Ingoldisthorpe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolKing's Lynn	1.50	14
St Michael's Church of England AcademyKing's Lynn	1.31	29
North Wootton AcademyKing's Lynn	1.20	45
Clenchwarton Primary SchoolKing's Lynn	1.17	30
Sandringham and West Newton Church of England Primary AcademyKing's Lynn	1.17	12
St Germans AcademyKing's Lynn	1.10	10
West Winch Primary SchoolKing's Lynn	1.09	35
South Wootton Infant SchoolKing's Lynn	1.05	42
Beeston Primary SchoolKing's Lynn	1.00	3
Burnham Market Primary and Nursery SchoolKing's Lynn	1.00	11
Cherry Tree Academy Trust Marham InfantKing's Lynn	1.00	46
Docking Church of England Primary Academy and NurseryKing's Lynn	1.00	13
Gooderstone Church of England Primary AcademyKing's Lynn	1.00	5
Great Massingham CofE Primary SchoolKing's Lynn	1.00	4
Harpley CofE VC Primary SchoolKing's Lynn	1.00	5
Heacham Infant and Nursery SchoolKing's Lynn	1.00	18
Highgate Infant SchoolKing's Lynn	1.00	14
Holly Meadows SchoolKing's Lynn	1.00	17
Holy Cross Church of England Primary SchoolKing's Lynn	1.00	13
King's Oak AcademyKing's Lynn	1.00	21
Narborough Church of England Primary AcademyKing's Lynn	1.00	12
Rudham CofE Primary AcademyKing's Lynn	1.00	5
Snettisham Primary SchoolKing's Lynn	1.00	13
Tilney St Lawrence Community Primary SchoolKing's Lynn	1.00	9
Walpole Cross Keys Primary SchoolKing's Lynn	1.00	4
Watlington Community Primary SchoolKing's Lynn	1.00	24
Wimbotsham and Stow AcademyKing's Lynn	1.00	9
St Martha's Catholic Primary SchoolKING'S LYNN	0.98	57
Greenpark AcademyKing's Lynn	0.98	55
Fairstead Community Primary and Nursery SchoolKing's Lynn	0.98	51
St Martin At Shouldham Church of England Primary AcademyKing's Lynn	0.93	14
Reffley AcademyKing's Lynn	0.92	39
All Saints AcademyKing's Lynn	0.92	12
Sporle Church of England Primary AcademyKing's Lynn	0.91	11
Gaywood Primary SchoolKing's Lynn	0.90	39
Whitefriars Church of England Primary AcademyKing's Lynn	0.89	38
West Lynn Primary SchoolKing's Lynn	0.88	24
Eastgate AcademyKing's Lynn	0.85	26
Dersingham Primary SchoolKing's Lynn	0.82	22
Tilney All Saints CofE Primary SchoolKing's Lynn	0.82	11
Ashwicken Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolKing's Lynn	0.80	15
Magdalen AcademyKing's Lynn	0.80	5
Castle Acre Church of England Primary AcademyKing's Lynn	0.75	4
Flitcham Church of England Primary AcademyKing's Lynn	0.60	5

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.

Year 7 places, September 2026

5 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
St Clement's High SchoolKing's Lynn	1.15	130
Springwood High SchoolKing's Lynn	1.09	271
King's Lynn AcademyKing's Lynn	0.99	193
King Edward VII AcademyKing's Lynn	0.95	224
Litcham SchoolKing's Lynn	0.91	69