Howard Junior School
Parkway, Gaywood, King's Lynn, PE30 4QJ
This school is closed (it closed in November 2023).
It was replaced by Howard Junior School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Gregory Hill
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 229
- Pupils on roll
- 195
- URN
- 141583
- Local authority
- Norfolk
About this school
Howard Junior School was a primary academy in King's Lynn. It taught children aged 7 to 11 and had 195 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Howard Junior School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in December 2014, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 55 | 54 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 48% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 65% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 69% | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 60% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.10 | - |
| Writing progress | -2.10 | - |
| Maths progress | +0.50 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Howard Junior School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Norfolk average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 55% | 49.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 48% | 49.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 52.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Howard Junior School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 58% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.7% | 36.9% | 195 | — |
| King's Oak Academy | — | 6.2% | 35% | 79 | 0.0 miles |
| Howard Junior School | 43% | 5.3% | 44.2% | 160 | 0.0 miles |
| Fairstead Community Primary and Nursery School | 42% | 5.6% | 32.9% | 429 | 0.6 miles |
| St Martha's Catholic Primary School | 65% | 4.8% | 7.7% | 399 | 0.8 miles |
| Gaywood Primary School | 69% | 5.9% | 18.4% | 353 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 36.9%
- English as an additional language
- 48.7%
- Overall absence
- 5.7%
- Persistent absence
- 18.7%
Location
Nearby schools
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King's Oak Academy0.0 miles
Primary · King's Lynn
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Howard Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · King's Lynn
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Fairstead Community Primary and Nursery School0.6 miles
Primary · King's Lynn
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St Martha's Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · King's Lynn
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Gaywood Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · King's Lynn
Other schools in King's Lynn
- All Saints Academy Primary
- Ashwicken Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Beeston Primary School Primary
- Burnham Market Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Castle Acre Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Cherry Tree Academy Trust Marham Infant Primary
- Cherry Tree Academy Trust Marham Junior Primary
- Clenchwarton Primary School Primary
- Dersingham Primary School Primary
- Docking Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery Primary
- Eastgate Academy Primary
- Fairstead Community Primary and Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Howard Junior School teach?
- Howard Junior School taught children aged 7 to 11. It was a primary school in King's Lynn.
- Has Howard Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Howard Junior School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Howard Junior School?
- Howard Junior School had 195 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- How have Howard Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 55% in 2022/23 and 48% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Howard Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Howard Junior School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 November 2023.