Great Dunham Primary School
Litcham Road, Great Dunham, King's Lynn, PE32 2LQ
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by Beeston Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Mark Cuenca-Farrow
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 77
- Pupils on roll
- 42
- URN
- 148668
- Local authority
- Norfolk
About this school
Great Dunham Primary School was a primary academy in King's Lynn. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 42 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Great Dunham Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in July 2021, 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 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 11% | 33% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 56% | 33% | 71% |
| Expected standard in maths | 11% | 50% | 14% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 33% | 50% | 29% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 101.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 95.0 | 100.0 | 94.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -7.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -7.00 | - | - |
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 Great Dunham Primary 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 | 11% | 49.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 33% | 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 | 8.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 52 |
| 2023/24 | 53 |
| 2024/25 | 42 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Great Dunham Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 0% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 0% | 4.5% | 28.6% | 42 | — |
| Beeston Primary School | — | 3% | 6.2% | 91 | 2.3 miles |
| Sporle Church of England Primary Academy | 38% | 5.5% | 32.9% | 83 | 2.5 miles |
| Necton VA Primary School | 58% | 5.8% | 32.1% | 198 | 3.2 miles |
| Castle Acre Church of England Primary Academy | 33% | 4.9% | 26.4% | 86 | 3.6 miles |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Swaffham | 0% | 10.8% | 38.2% | 61 | 4.7 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 28.57%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 4.46%
- Persistent absence
- 7.14%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Beeston Primary School2.3 miles
Primary · King's Lynn
-
Sporle Church of England Primary Academy2.5 miles
Primary · King's Lynn
-
Necton VA Primary School3.2 miles
Primary · Swaffham
-
Castle Acre Church of England Primary Academy3.6 miles
Primary · King's Lynn
-
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Swaffham4.7 miles
Primary · Swaffham
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 Great Dunham Primary School teach?
- Great Dunham Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in King's Lynn.
- Has Great Dunham Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Great Dunham Primary 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 Great Dunham Primary School?
- Great Dunham Primary School had 42 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Great Dunham Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 11% 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 are Great Dunham Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Great Dunham Primary 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 16 October 2025.