# Duke of Lancaster School

Duke of Lancaster School is a special school in North Norfolk, for pupils aged 5 to 16.

It had 107 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Special school. Code E148859. [North Norfolk](https://openindex.co.uk/north-norfolk)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Free schools special
- Ages: 5 to 16
- Pupils: 107
- Council: North Norfolk
- URN: 148859

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 6 May 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard
- Early years: Not applicable
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Duke of Lancaster School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 56% in Norfolk and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Duke of Lancaster School was 5.3, against 41.6 in North Norfolk and 46.2 in England.
0% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Norfolk | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 56% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 90 | 103 | 105 |

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | North Norfolk | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 5.3 | 41.6 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 35.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 59.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 14 | – | – |

Duke of Lancaster School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Fakenham Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fakenham-academy-e139572): 510 m. Secondary. Standards maintained, October 2024. Attainment 8 of 41.4 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Fakenham Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fakenham-junior-school-e146711): 590 m. Primary. Good (overall), September 2023. 35% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Fakenham Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fakenham-infant-and-nursery-school-e146684): 1 km. Primary. Good (overall), September 2023

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/148859)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/148859)

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