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Docking Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery

PrimaryAges 3–11AcademyChurch of England

Docking, PE31 8LH · Norfolk local authority

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Directions
Its letter
11%
of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results
Getting in
13/13
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
109 pupils
87% of its 126 places
Free school meals
22%
22 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Docking Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery

  • Its own letter, D: Key Stage 2 results near the bottom of England’s primary schools (better than 11%)
  • 45% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 17 points below England’s schools
  • Ofsted: Inspected, February 2025 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (13 of 13)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (PE31 8) sold for a median £517,500; Docking’s is £475,000

Results

DfE · Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths 45%

Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 10% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Norfolk avg 53%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 61.6%Docking CofE Primary Academy and Nursery 45%

Each subject, 2025

Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 105, maths 104 (100 = the expected standard)

Reading67%
England’s schools 77%
Writing (teacher assessed)67%
England’s schools 73%
Maths67%
England’s schools 75%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling67%
England’s schools 74%
Reached the higher standard in all three8%
England’s schools 8% · Norfolk 5% · 2025

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Docking Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

13
families put it first for September 2026
13
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2020 (1), 2021 (2), 2025 (1). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. The Diocese of Norwich Education and Academies Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Norfolk council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

Ingoldisthorpe CofE Primary
1.50 per place
67% got their first choice
Snettisham Primary
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Heacham Infant and Nursery
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Blenheim Park
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Burnham Market Primary and Nursery
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Docking CofE Primary Academy and Nursery
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice

Docking and Norfolk, side by side

2023–2025

All 282 graded primaries in Norfolk. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Docking’s schools are coloured by their letter.

10%24%38%52%66%80%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%Pupils eligible for free school meals →KS2 expected standard →Docking CofE Primary Academy and Nursery
ABCDElsewhere in NorfolkDocking CofE Primary Academy and Nursery
Show as a table
SchoolLetterFree school mealsKS2 expected standard
Ashleigh Primary School and Nursery, WymondhamA+15%89%
Thomas Bullock Church of England Primary and Nursery AcademyA+13%89%
Lyng Church of England Primary AcademyA+14%83%
Bressingham Primary SchoolA9%82%
Ingoldisthorpe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolA6%82%
Alpington and Bergh Apton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolA6%82%
Stalham AcademyA30%81%
Blenheim Park AcademyA31%81%
Colby Primary SchoolA4%78%
Neatishead Church of England Primary SchoolA9%78%
Charles Darwin Primary SchoolA22%78%
Catfield CofE Primary AcademyA36%78%
Stradbroke Primary AcademyA31%77%
Trowse Primary SchoolA18%76%
Cringleford CE VA Primary SchoolA11%76%
St Peter's CofE Primary Academy, EastonA17%76%
Wreningham VC Primary SchoolA−5%75%
Rackheath Primary SchoolA−18%74%
Ormiston Herman AcademyA−26%73%
Reffley AcademyA−16%73%
Surlingham Primary SchoolA−17%73%
Browick Road Primary and Nursery SchoolA−17%71%
Coltishall Primary SchoolA−12%71%
Fleggburgh CofE Primary SchoolA−21%71%
The Norman Church of England Primary School, NorthwoldA−22%71%
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary SchoolA−9%71%
Reepham Primary SchoolA−10%71%
Rockland St Mary Primary SchoolA−15%71%
The Bawburgh SchoolB+10%70%
Blofield Primary SchoolB+7%70%
Hevingham Primary SchoolB+15%70%
Redcastle Family SchoolB+37%70%
St Martin At Shouldham Church of England Primary AcademyB+4%70%
Gillingham St Michael's Church of England Primary AcademyB+24%70%
Firside Junior SchoolB+14%70%
North Wootton AcademyB+8%70%
Dickleburgh Church of England Primary Academy (With Pre-School)B+14%70%
Little Melton Primary SchoolB+13%69%
Denver Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolB+17%69%
Queen's Hill Primary SchoolB+11%69%
Snettisham Primary SchoolB+39%69%
Heacham Junior SchoolB+32%69%
Sandringham and West Newton Church of England Primary AcademyB+19%69%
Frettenham Primary SchoolB+8%68%
Rocklands Community Primary SchoolB+12%68%
Ormiston Cliff Park Primary AcademyB+26%68%
Flitcham Church of England Primary AcademyB+23%68%
Great Witchingham Church of England Primary AcademyB+20%68%
Beeston Primary SchoolB+9%68%
Gaywood Primary SchoolB+16%68%
Earsham Church of England Primary AcademyB+17%68%
Aldborough Primary SchoolB12%67%
Spooner Row Primary SchoolB12%67%
White Woman Lane Junior SchoolB19%66%
Eastgate AcademyB36%66%
Caister Junior SchoolB33%65%
Blakeney Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolB26%65%
Ditchingham Church of England Primary AcademyB17%65%
Eaton Primary SchoolB8%65%
St Martha's Catholic Primary SchoolB6%65%
Hempnall Primary SchoolB−12%64%
Downham Market, Hillcrest Primary SchoolB−19%64%
Taverham VC CE Junior SchoolB−11%64%
Aslacton Primary SchoolB−19%64%
Saxlingham Nethergate CofE VC Primary SchoolB−6%63%
Worstead Church of England Primary SchoolB−8%63%
Nelson AcademyB−31%63%
All Saints AcademyB−22%63%
Clenchwarton Primary SchoolB−13%63%
Filby Primary SchoolB−12%63%
Kinsale Junior SchoolB−27%63%
Yaxham Church of England Primary AcademyB−34%63%
Woodlands Primary AcademyB−11%62%
Burnham Market Primary and Nursery SchoolB−27%62%
Poringland Primary SchoolB−11%61%
Bure Valley SchoolB−24%61%
St Michael's VA Junior SchoolB−35%61%
Rollesby Primary SchoolB−14%61%
Freethorpe Community Primary and Nursery SchoolC+17%60%
Edmund de Moundeford VC Primary School, FeltwellC+26%60%
Swanton Morley VC Primary SchoolC+24%60%
Brooke Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary SchoolC+12%60%
Overstrand, the Belfry, Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolC+9%60%
Lingwood Primary AcademyC+11%60%
Great Hockham Primary School and NurseryC+16%60%
Wymondham College Prep SchoolC+2%60%
Avenue Junior SchoolC+17%59%
Mulbarton Primary SchoolC+10%59%
St Nicholas Priory CofE VA Primary School and NurseryC+52%59%
West Lynn Primary SchoolC+27%59%
Cawston Church of England Primary AcademyC+27%59%
Seething and Mundham Primary SchoolC+15%59%
Emneth AcademyC+19%59%
Angel Road Junior SchoolC+37%59%
Hopton Church of England Primary AcademyC+22%59%
Litcham SchoolC+20%59%
Garboldisham Church of England Primary AcademyC+15%59%
Sheringham Community Primary SchoolC+21%58%
Swanton Abbott Community Primary SchoolC+19%58%
Hainford VC Primary SchoolC+15%58%
Hethersett VC Primary SchoolC+11%58%
Scarning Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolC+18%58%
Drayton CofE Junior SchoolC+11%58%
St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary Academy & NurseryC+11%58%
Anthony Curton CofE Primary SchoolC+14%58%
Dereham Church of England Junior AcademyC+40%58%
Old Buckenham Primary SchoolC+17%58%
Garvestone Community Primary SchoolC+30%58%
Hemblington Primary SchoolC+21%58%
Norwich Road AcademyC+29%58%
Dereham, Toftwood Community Junior SchoolC20%57%
Ashwicken Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolC13%57%
Mile Cross Primary SchoolC42%57%
Martham Academy and NurseryC16%57%
Costessey Primary SchoolC27%57%
West Winch Primary SchoolC17%56%
Ashill Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolC8%56%
Holy Cross Church of England Primary SchoolC19%56%
Whitefriars Church of England Primary AcademyC26%56%
Horsford CofE VA Primary SchoolC19%56%
Thompson Primary SchoolC9%56%
Little Snoring Community Primary AcademyC43%56%
Buxton Primary SchoolC12%55%
Ormesby Village Junior SchoolC20%55%
Old Catton CofE VC Junior SchoolC24%55%
South Wootton Junior SchoolC12%55%
Necton VA Primary SchoolC37%55%
Catton Grove Primary SchoolC48%55%
Great Yarmouth Primary Academy and NurseryC54%55%
Norwich Primary AcademyC53%55%
Greenpark AcademyC38%55%
Hillside Avenue Primary and Nursery School, ThorpeC10%55%
North Denes Primary School and NurseryC44%54%
East Harling Primary School and NurseryC20%54%
Hunstanton Primary SchoolC33%54%
Walpole Cross Keys Primary SchoolC14%54%
Langham Village SchoolC−8%53%
Tunstead Primary SchoolC−12%53%
Tasburgh Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolC−17%53%
Wicklewood Primary School and NurseryC−13%53%
Edith Cavell Academy and NurseryC−43%53%
St Michael's Church of England AcademyC−40%53%
Mundford Church of England Primary AcademyC−13%53%
Tilney All Saints CofE Primary SchoolC−30%53%
Narborough Church of England Primary AcademyC−36%53%
Newton Flotman Church of England Primary AcademyC−21%53%
Alburgh With Denton Church of England Primary AcademyC−9%53%
Woodland View Junior SchoolC−15%52%
Mundesley Junior SchoolC−20%52%
Dersingham Primary SchoolC−25%52%
Hockering Church of England Primary AcademyC−33%52%
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, CostesseyC−9%52%
Dussindale Primary SchoolC−14%52%
George White Junior SchoolC−39%52%
Gresham Village School and NurseryC−9%52%
Admirals AcademyC−25%52%
Great Ellingham Primary SchoolC−10%51%
Watlington Community Primary SchoolC−23%51%
Falcon Junior SchoolC−21%51%
Thurton Primary SchoolC−6%51%
The Free School NorwichC−18%51%
Wroughton Junior AcademyC−55%51%
Morley Church of England Primary AcademyC−18%51%
Rosecroft Primary SchoolC−23%51%
Loddon Junior SchoolC−28%51%
Holt Community Primary SchoolC−47%50%
Woodton Primary SchoolC−21%50%
Brundall Primary SchoolC−12%50%
Stoke Holy Cross Primary SchoolC−6%50%
St Faiths CofE Primary SchoolC−19%50%
Homefield VC CofE Primary SchoolC−13%50%
St Mary and St Peter Catholic Primary SchoolC−20%50%
Lionwood Junior SchoolC−36%50%
Kenninghall Primary SchoolC−14%50%
Wimbotsham and Stow AcademyC−10%50%
Brisley Church of England Primary AcademyC−12%50%
Sprowston Junior SchoolC−29%49%
Magdalen Gates Primary SchoolC−25%49%
Fairhaven Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolC−11%49%
Marshland St James Primary and Nursery SchoolC−31%49%
St Mary's Church of England Primary AcademyC−36%49%
Barford Primary SchoolC−12%48%
St William's Primary SchoolC−11%48%
Hillside Primary SchoolC−12%48%
Holly Meadows SchoolC−7%48%
Moorlands CofE Primary AcademyC−20%48%
Winterton Primary School and NurseryC−29%48%
Bluebell Primary SchoolC−54%48%
The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School)C−24%48%
Millfield Primary SchoolC−28%48%
Attleborough Primary SchoolC−22%48%
Hemsby Primary SchoolD15%47%
Hingham Primary SchoolD22%47%
Horning Community Primary SchoolD37%47%
Cobholm Primary AcademyD45%47%
Mattishall Primary SchoolD13%47%
Bignold Primary School and NurseryD28%47%
Northgate Primary SchoolD38%47%
All Saints Stibbard Church of England Primary Academy and NurseryD16%46%
Roydon Primary SchoolD21%45%
West Walton Community Primary SchoolD19%45%
West Earlham Junior SchoolD54%45%
Drake Primary SchoolD12%45%
Terrington St Clement Community SchoolD21%45%
Barnham Broom Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolD10%45%
North Walsham Junior SchoolD38%45%
Diss Church of England Junior AcademyD29%45%
Docking Church of England Primary Academy and NurseryD22%45%
Ellingham VC Primary SchoolD18%44%
Swaffham CofE Primary AcademyD26%44%
Peterhouse CofE Primary AcademyD49%44%
Southery AcademyD31%44%
Henderson Green Primary AcademyD51%44%
Tacolneston Church of England Primary AcademyD14%44%
St Mary's Church of England Junior AcademyD22%43%
Little Plumstead Church of England Primary AcademyD10%43%
Hethersett Woodside Primary & Nursery SchoolD12%42%
Cherry Tree Academy Trust Marham JuniorD20%42%
Tuckswood AcademyD44%42%
Banham Primary SchoolD7%42%
Edward Worlledge Ormiston AcademyD41%42%
Tivetshall Community Primary SchoolD58%42%
Fakenham Junior SchoolD22%42%
Acle Church of England Primary AcademyD26%42%
Duchy of Lancaster Methwold CofE Primary SchoolD20%41%
Wensum Junior SchoolD50%41%
Hilgay Riverside AcademyD35%41%
Bunwell Primary SchoolD11%41%
Scole Church of England Primary AcademyD42%41%
Colman Junior SchoolD34%41%
Fairstead Community Primary and Nursery SchoolD29%40%
St John's Community Primary School and NurseryD22%40%
St Germans AcademyD17%40%
Bacton Primary SchoolD21%39%
Heartsease Primary AcademyD34%39%
Glebeland Community Primary SchoolD32%39%
Foulsham Primary School AcademyD36%39%
Wells-Next-the-Sea Primary and Nursery SchoolD24%39%
Tilney St Lawrence Community Primary SchoolD−20%38%
Walpole Highway Primary SchoolD−33%38%
Gooderstone Church of England Primary AcademyD−23%38%
Rudham CofE Primary AcademyD−22%38%
Cromer Junior SchoolD−32%38%
Caston Church of England Primary AcademyD−18%38%
Upwell AcademyD−23%37%
Astley Primary SchoolD−27%37%
Parker's Church of England Primary AcademyD−17%37%
Lakenham Primary SchoolD−32%36%
Happisburgh Church of England Primary AcademyD−31%36%
St. George's Primary School & St. George's Nursery School, Great YarmouthD−55%35%
Castle Acre Church of England Primary AcademyD−35%34%
Southtown Primary SchoolD−45%33%
St Mary's Community Primary School, BeetleyD−17%32%
Thurlton Primary SchoolD−7%32%
Reedham Primary SchoolD−25%32%
Salhouse CofE Primary SchoolD−9%31%
St Andrew's CofE VA Primary School, LophamD−50%31%
Colkirk Church of England Primary AcademyD−24%31%
Sporle Church of England Primary AcademyD−37%31%
Forncett St Peter Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolD−13%30%
Weeting Church of England Primary SchoolD−27%30%
Hindringham Church of England Primary SchoolD−9%29%
Carleton Rode Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolD−17%29%
Greyfriars AcademyD−44%29%
Harpley CofE VC Primary SchoolD−20%28%
St Michael's Church of England VA Primary and Nursery SchoolD−23%27%
Kelling CE Primary SchoolD−23%27%
Bawdeswell Community Primary SchoolD−22%27%
Burston Community Primary SchoolD−4%25%
Corpusty Primary SchoolD−26%25%
Sculthorpe Church of England Primary AcademyD−27%24%
Pulham Church of England Primary AcademyD−27%24%
Watton Junior SchoolD−29%23%
Terrington St John Primary SchoolD−32%22%
Erpingham Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary SchoolD−0%21%
Great Massingham CofE Primary SchoolD−15%21%
The Bishop's Church of England Primary AcademyD−61%21%
Hapton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolD−33%20%
All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, WinfarthingD−27%16%
Walsingham CE VA Primary SchoolD−63%16%
Antingham and Southrepps Primary SchoolD−31%13%
Magdalen AcademyD−23%13%

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

95 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
9.5%England 15.3%
EHC plan
4.2%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
2.1%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
23.1%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 59%Boys 41%
Its letter

Docking Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery’s letter

Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths DBetter than 11% of 15,230 schools
How school letters are worked out

Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.

A+ 95+A 85–94A− 75–84B+ 65–74B 55–64B− 45–54C+ 35–44C 25–34C− 15–24D 5–14D− 0–4

Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, February 2025.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Docking Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in PE31 8, the school’s postcode sector

Docking property prices →
£517,500
median sale, 274 sales in 36 months · Docking £475,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£200K£300K£400K£500K£600K£700K2010201520202025PE31 8Docking
PE31 8Docking

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£650K
Semi-detached
£433K
Terraced
£402K
PE31 8Docking

Homes in PE31 8 sell for a little over Docking’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Location

Directions ↗

Docking, PE31 8LH

Nearby

Primary schools near Docking Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery

The nearest state schools of the same phase, as the crow flies. Catchments and admissions rules decide which one a child gets.

Snettisham Primary School
Primary · ages 5–11 · Academy
B+
69% met the KS2 standard (3 years)
80 pupilsOfsted: Good 20225 miles away
Ingoldisthorpe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · ages 3–11 · Voluntary aided · Church of England
A
82% met the KS2 standard (3 years)
152 pupilsOfsted: Inspected 20245 miles away
Heacham Infant and Nursery School
Primary · ages 3–7 · Academy
No letter
102 pupilsOfsted: Good 20225 miles away
Blenheim Park Academy
Primary · ages 5–11 · Academy
A
81% met the KS2 standard (3 years)
70 pupilsOfsted: Good 20246 miles away
Heacham Junior School
Primary · ages 7–11 · Academy
B+
69% met the KS2 standard (3 years)
94 pupilsOfsted: Inspected 20246 miles away
Burnham Market Primary and Nursery School
Primary · ages 2–11 · Academy
B−
62% met the KS2 standard (3 years)
111 pupilsOfsted: Good 20246 miles away

Docking Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery: common questions

Is Docking Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery a good school?

By its published results, well below average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 11% of England’s primary schools (its letter is D), with 45% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Inspected, February 2025.

How hard is it to get into Docking Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery?

For September 2026, 13 families put Docking Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery first and all of them were offered a place; 13 places were offered in all.

What is Docking Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (February 2025).

How much do houses cost near Docking Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery?

Homes in its postcode sector, PE31 8, sold for a median £517,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (274 sales).

Official recordDfE register (GIAS) ↗DfE performance tables ↗Ofsted reports ↗School website ↗URN 148822

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Docking’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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