Beaupre Community Primary School

About Beaupre Community Primary School

Beaupre Community Primary School is a smaller-than-average state primary in King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, currently teaching 153 pupils against a capacity of 210. That leaves a fair amount of physical headroom, but the school is clearly in demand: for the 2025/26 intake, it received 21 applications for just 16 places, with all 16 first-preference families offered a spot. That oversubscription ratio of 1.31 suggests a school that local families are actively choosing, even if it isn’t bursting at the seams. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals stands at 37.9%, which is significantly higher than the national primary average of around 23%, indicating a catchment with above-average levels of disadvantage. The school is mixed, non-denominational, and serves children from ages 4 to 11, with no nursery or sixth form provision. Headteacher Michelle Munday leads a team that has clearly steadied the ship since the school’s previous Ofsted rating of Requires Improvement in 2017.

Academically, Beaupre sits in a middling position locally. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 54% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is a touch below the Cambridgeshire local authority average of 58%. The school ranks 26th out of 58 primary schools in the King’s Lynn and West Norfolk district, placing it in the bottom half of the local league table. Nationally, it sits around the 70th percentile, meaning roughly three in ten schools nationally perform worse on this measure. Individual subject scores are more encouraging: average reading and maths scores were 104 and 103 respectively, both slightly above the national benchmark of 100, and 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading. However, only 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects, and just 7% did so in writing. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, in November 2021, awarded a Good rating across all categories, including behaviour, leadership, and early years provision, a clear improvement from the Requires Improvement grade it received four years earlier.

Beaupre offers a solid range of facilities for a primary of its size, including an art studio, ICT suite, library, gymnasium, and outdoor playground, plus a forest school and sensory room that will appeal to families looking for varied learning environments. The school’s SEND register covers specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social and emotional mental health needs, and speech and language communication needs, so it is well set up to support children with additional needs. Sports provision includes swimming, netball, cricket, football, athletics and rounders, while after-school clubs extend to science, book, gardening and film clubs. The school does not have a nursery or sixth form, so families will need to plan for transition points at age 4 and 11. Given its above-average FSM intake and oversubscribed admissions, this is a community-focused school that has earned local trust through steady improvement, and it will particularly suit families who value a broad, inclusive environment with strong pastoral and SEND support.

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