Harpley CofE VC Primary School

Primary · King's Lynn · PE31 6DY

Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 13 January 2026 · report published 15 March 2026

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At a glance

50 pupils · 89% of 56 capacity

School type: Voluntary controlled school
Age range: 4–11
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Free school meals: 20% of pupils
English as additional language: 1.8% of pupils
SEN support: 19.6% of pupils
EHC plan: 5.4% of pupils
Website: www.gmhfed.norfolk.sch.uk
URN: 121092

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

5 places offered · 5 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20

20/21

21/22

22/23

23/24

24/25

25/26

26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

6 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

33%

England 62%

Reaching the higher standard

England 8%

Average scaled score (reading)

100

England 106

Average scaled score (maths)

100

England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)

4.9%

England 6.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)

12.2%

England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher

18.5

England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

61% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 13% moved to another state school · 26% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£9,563

Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

13 January 2026: Needs attention (report card inspection)
7 June 2016: Yes - improving (good) (ungraded inspection)

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

Nearby schools

Great Massingham CofE Primary SchoolNot yet graded · Primary · 2.1 mi
Rudham CofE Primary AcademyNo current grade · Primary · 2.6 mi
Flitcham Church of England Primary AcademyGood · Primary · 3.8 mi
Blenheim Park AcademyGood · Primary · 5.2 mi
Holly Meadows SchoolGood · Primary · 5.4 mi
Sandringham and West Newton Church of England Primary AcademyGood · Primary · 5.7 mi
Dersingham Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 6.0 mi
Castle Acre Church of England Primary AcademyNo current grade · Primary · 6.8 mi

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