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The Free School Norwich

  • 4–11Ages
  • 180Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 136821URN

Kings House, 15-17 Surrey Street, Norwich, NR1 3NX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
Applications per place · Sept 2026
5.1per place
3.1 above Norfolk median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Norfolk

76 applications for 15 places · 1st of 180 in Norfolk
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
46%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 20 May 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionOutstanding

Inspection history

  1. 20 May 2025
    Graded inspection, no overall grade
  2. 30 March 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
5.1applications per place, Reception
3.1 above Norfolk median (2.0) 2.9 above England median (2.2)

76 applications · 15 places offered · 15 named it first

  1. 2026 5.1; Norfolk median median 2.0
  2. 2025 3.3; Norfolk median median 2.0
  3. 2024 3.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
  4. 2023 3.0; Norfolk median median 1.7
  5. 2022 3.1; Norfolk median median 1.7
  6. 2021 3.3; Norfolk median median 1.7
  7. 2020 2.9; Norfolk median median 1.7
  8. 2019 4.8; Norfolk median median 1.7
  9. 2018 3.0; Norfolk median median 1.7
  10. 2017 3.6; Norfolk median median 1.6
  11. 2016 3.5; Norfolk median median 1.6
  12. 2015 3.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
  13. 2014 3.8; Norfolk median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Norfolk median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Norfolk median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202615765.1151.00
Sep 202522733.3221.00
Sep 202419643.4170.89
Sep 202319563.0191.00
Sep 202222673.1221.00
Sep 202126863.3230.88
Sep 202028812.9281.00
Sep 2019241154.8441.83
Sep 201824723.0271.13
Sep 201723833.6291.26
Sep 201624833.5431.79
Sep 201524773.2371.54
Sep 201424923.8431.79

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 75% · Writing 57% · Maths 61% → all three 46% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard46%197th of 263 in Norfolk
Reading
Expected standard75%
Higher standard29%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard57%
Greater depth7%
Maths
Expected standard61%
Higher standard14%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Norfolk median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2546%4%107104
2023/2446%4%109105
2022/2361%0%105103

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

School details

Type
Free schools
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
136821 · 926/2020
Trust
The Free School Norwich
Capacity
196 pupils · 180 on roll
Free school meals
17.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
5 September 2011
Address
Kings House, 15-17 Surrey Street, Norwich, NR1 3NX
Local authority
Norfolk · Norwich

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources