Graded inspection · Oct 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Norfolk
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry66 applications · 27 places offered · 29 named it first
- 2026 2.4; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2025 2.5; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2024 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2023 1.8; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2022 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2021 2.1; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2020 1.9; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2019 2.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2018 2.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2017 2.1; Norfolk median median 1.6
- 2016 1.8; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Norfolk median
Dashed bars: as Heather Avenue Infant School (URN 120916), the previous school.
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 27 | 66 | 2.4 | 29 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2025 | 25 | 62 | 2.5 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 38 | 65 | 1.7 | 37 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 31 | 57 | 1.8 | 30 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2022 | 33 | 56 | 1.7 | 33 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 35 | 75 | 2.1 | 34 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 46 | 87 | 1.9 | 41 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2019 | 39 | 92 | 2.4 | 39 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 43 | 93 | 2.2 | 43 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 42 | 87 | 2.1 | 38 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2016 * | 54 | 98 | 1.8 | 58 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2015 * | 50 | 72 | 1.4 | 37 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2014 * | 48 | 75 | 1.6 | 49 | 1.02 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Heather Avenue Infant SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place
- 0.8 km · NorfolkStandards maintained202571%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · NorfolkGood20231.5applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · NorfolkRemains Good202363%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place
- 1.0 km · NorfolkStandards maintained20242.0applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place
- 1.6 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20242.0applications per place
- 1.9 km · NorfolkRemains Good202362%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 144143 · 926/2271
- Trust
- The Wensum Trust
- Capacity
- 168 pupils · 99 on roll
- Free school meals
- 15.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2017
- Replaced
- Heather Avenue Infant School (URN 120916)
- Address
- Heather Avenue, Hellesdon, Norwich, NR6 6LT
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources