Terrington St Clement Community School

About Terrington St Clement Community School

Terrington St Clement Community School was rated Good in its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2024, a rating it has held consistently since at least 2014. The school’s most telling academic metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined at Key Stage 2, which stood at 39% in the 2023/24 academic year. That figure sits below the Norfolk local authority average of 52%, placing the school 209th out of 344 primary schools in the county. In the more localised King’s Lynn and West Norfolk area, it ranks 44th out of 58 schools on this measure. The school’s reading and maths average scores both came in at 104, which is in line with the national average of 100, but the combined expected standard figure suggests that many pupils are not hitting the benchmark across all three subjects simultaneously.

Breaking the results down by subject, 76% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, 66% in maths, but only 49% in writing. At the higher standard, 24% achieved well above expectations in reading, 12% in maths, and just 5% in both writing and the combined measure. The school has no published progress scores for reading, writing or maths, so it is difficult to assess how much value it adds relative to pupils’ starting points. Ofsted’s graded inspection in 2018 rated leadership and management, early years provision, and overall effectiveness all as Good, and the 2024 ungraded inspection confirmed the school remains Good. The school has a SEN unit and offers support for specific learning difficulties, moderate learning difficulties, speech and language needs, and social, emotional and mental health challenges.

Terrington St Clement is a mixed, state primary for children aged 3 to 11, with nursery provision on site. It has capacity for 367 pupils and currently has 333 on roll, with 21.4% eligible for free school meals, slightly above the national average. The school was oversubscribed for the 2025/26 intake, receiving 60 applications for 40 places, with 39 first-preference offers made. Facilities include a sports hall, playing fields, a library, an ICT suite and a chapel. Clubs cover coding, science, book club, film club and choir, while sports include tennis, rounders, dance, athletics, swimming, netball and gymnastics. This is a school that may suit families who value a broad range of extracurricular activities and strong SEND support, but who are also aware that its core academic outcomes are below the local average.

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