Anthony Curton CofE Primary School

About Anthony Curton CofE Primary School

Anthony Curton CofE Primary School is a state primary in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, currently operating below its physical capacity of 210 pupils with 190 on roll. That spare capacity is interesting given the clear demand for places: for the 2025/26 intake, the school received 46 applications for 26 places, making it oversubscribed with a ratio of 1.77 applicants per spot. All 25 first-preference applicants were offered a place, which suggests the school is a popular first choice among local families. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals sits at 14.7%, which is above the national average for primary schools (around 12-13%) but not dramatically so, indicating a broadly mixed catchment. As a Church of England school, it has a religious character, though the data doesn't specify whether this influences admissions criteria. Headteacher Dawn Liddle leads a mixed-gender school for children aged 4 to 11, with no nursery or sixth form provision.

Academically, the school holds a Good rating from Ofsted across all categories in its most recent 2023 inspection, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and early years provision. This is consistent with its previous 2014 inspection, which also rated overall effectiveness as Good. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, comfortably above the local authority average of 52%. Individual subject scores were solid: 75% achieved the expected standard in both maths and writing, and 71% in reading. Higher-standard attainment was more modest, with 7% reaching the higher threshold in reading, writing and maths combined, and 25% doing so in reading and maths individually. The school's average scaled scores were 104 in maths and 105 in reading. Nationally, it ranks in the 46th percentile for the combined expected standard, and within the East of England region it sits in the 42nd percentile.

The school offers a decent range of facilities for a primary of its size, including an ICT suite, music rooms, a sports hall, playing fields, a sensory room, and a forest school area. Sports provision covers gymnastics, athletics, rounders and swimming, while extracurricular clubs include eco club, choir and chess. SEND support is available for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, speech and language needs, social and emotional mental health, hearing impairment, and multi-sensory impairment. With its oversubscribed status but relatively modest class sizes (26 places per year group), this is a school that suits families who value a Church of England ethos and a Good-rated education in a semi-rural Norfolk setting. The forest school and outdoor playground suggest an emphasis on outdoor learning, while the sensory room and dedicated SEND provisions indicate a school equipped to support a range of additional needs.

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