# Fairstead Community Primary and Nursery School

Fairstead Community Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 429 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E120906. [King's Lynn and West Norfolk](https://openindex.co.uk/kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 429
- Council: King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- URN: 120906

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 11 February 2025
- Overall effectiveness: No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
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, 42% of pupils at Fairstead Community Primary and Nursery 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).

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

| Measure | This school | Norfolk | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 42% | 56% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101 | 103 | 105 |

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.
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.

- [Churchill Park Complex Needs School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/churchill-park-complex-needs-school-e145529): 220 m. Special. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
- [King's Oak Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kings-oak-academy-e145534): 1 km. Primary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade
- [Springwood High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/springwood-high-school-e136515): 1.1 km. Secondary. School remains Good, November 2022. Attainment 8 of 46.2 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Parkway Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/parkway-academy-e150451): 1.1 km. Primary. Inadequate (overall), March 2023, before the school changed, serious weaknesses. 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Martha's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marthas-catholic-primary-school-e147415): 1.1 km. Primary. School remains Good, January 2024. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Gaywood Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/gaywood-primary-school-e144532): 1.2 km. Primary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## 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/120906)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/120906)

## How to cite

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