Churchill Park Complex Needs School
Winston Churchill Drive, Fairstead, King's Lynn, PE30 4RP
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 2 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- UNITY EDUCATION TRUST
- Head Teacher
- Mrs Ellie Weatherall
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Unity Education Trust
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 215
- Pupils on roll
- 230
- URN
- 145529
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01553763679
About this school
Churchill Park Complex Needs School is a special academy in King's Lynn. It teaches children aged 2 to 19 and has 230 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 20 | 20 | 16 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -5.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.30 | - | - |
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.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 21 | 17 | 19 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Churchill Park Complex Needs 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 | 0% | 49.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 49.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 52.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 219 |
| 2023/24 | 230 |
| 2024/25 | 229 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 55.86%
- English as an additional language
- 7.4%
- Overall absence
- 10.41%
- Persistent absence
- 29.73%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Visiting Teacher Service West2.0 miles
Other types · King's Lynn
-
Fen Rivers Academy2.0 miles
Academies · King's Lynn
-
Westfield House School7.1 miles
Special schools · Terrington St Clement
-
Orchard Manor School8.9 miles
Special schools · Nr King's Lynn
-
OneSchool Global UK - Swaffham Campus12.1 miles
Independent schools · Swaffham
Other schools in King's Lynn
- Fen Rivers Academy Academies
- King's Lynn Nursery School Nursery
- 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Churchill Park Complex Needs School teach?
- Churchill Park Complex Needs School teaches children aged 2 to 19. It is a special school in King's Lynn.
- Who is the head teacher of Churchill Park Complex Needs School?
- The head teacher of Churchill Park Complex Needs School is Mrs Ellie Weatherall, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Churchill Park Complex Needs School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Churchill Park Complex Needs School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Churchill Park Complex Needs School?
- Churchill Park Complex Needs School has 230 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 19.
- Is Churchill Park Complex Needs School full?
- Churchill Park Complex Needs School has capacity for 215 pupils and 230 on roll (107%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Churchill Park Complex Needs School a faith school?
- No. Churchill Park Complex Needs School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Churchill Park Complex Needs School?
- Churchill Park Complex Needs School is part of UNITY EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Churchill Park Complex Needs School have?
- The schools register lists Churchill Park Complex Needs School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Churchill Park Complex Needs School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Churchill Park Complex Needs School's absence rate?
- Churchill Park Complex Needs School's overall absence rate is 10.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Churchill Park Complex Needs School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Churchill Park Complex Needs 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 13 August 2026.