Admirals Drive, Dersingham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE31 6LR
(DRAFT Profile)
Characteristics
State primary school (Voluntary Aided).
For pupils aged 3 to 11 years.
Mixed school (about 50%/50%).
Day school.
Not a school of religious character.
Mixed ability intake.
Small school with an average of one class per year.
School not tied to any one senior school.
No fees.
10 other reasons to choose Dersingham Primary School
1) Schoolsmith Score®; 63-68 (provisional).
2) One of the 3 prep or primary schools you should shortlist within a 10 mile radius.
3) On average, 25 pupils per class and 22.2 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
4) In the top 35% of schools in the country for attainment in Year 6 SATS exams, over the last 4 years.
5) School enhances the curriculum with topic based and thematic teaching for some foundation subjects.
6) School has achieved above average scores for pupil progress over the last 4 years.
7) School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. There are out-of-hours extra help sessions for some subjects.
8) School offers over 10 different sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
9) Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. A small range of visual and performing arts clubs.
10) Rated as Good by Ofsted in its last full inspection in 2014.
Other schools with a Schoolsmith Score near Dersingham Primary School
Independent Prep
Glebe House School (7.9 miles).
State Primary
Fairstead Community Primary and Nursery School (7.1 miles).
Independent Senior
Wisbech Grammar School (22.4 miles); Gresham's School (28 miles).
State Secondary
Dereham Neatherd High School (29.4 miles).