Report card · inspected Jul 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Norfolk
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 7 July 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 17 January 2023Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry85 applications · 45 places offered · 40 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2025 1.9; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2024 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2023 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2022 1.8; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2021 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2020 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2019 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2018 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2017 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2016 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Norfolk median
Dashed bars: as Nelson Infant School (URN 120946), 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 | 45 | 85 | 1.9 | 40 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2025 | 45 | 84 | 1.9 | 43 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 42 | 61 | 1.5 | 36 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2023 | 37 | 62 | 1.7 | 32 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2022 | 37 | 65 | 1.8 | 37 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 39 | 58 | 1.5 | 37 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 | 58 | 85 | 1.5 | 54 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2019 | 54 | 80 | 1.5 | 42 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2018 * | 53 | 79 | 1.5 | 49 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2017 * | 60 | 97 | 1.6 | 57 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2016 * | 60 | 89 | 1.5 | 45 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2015 * | 59 | 92 | 1.6 | 53 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2014 * | 60 | 101 | 1.7 | 60 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Nelson Infant SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.9applications per place
- 0.4 km · Norfolk202665%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place
- 1.2 km · NorfolkStandards maintained202461%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place
- 1.4 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade202568%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · NorfolkRequires improvement20242.4applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · NorfolkNot yet inspected
- 1.6 km · NorfolkStandards maintained20242.0applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 146319 · 926/2203
- Capacity
- 180 pupils · 137 on roll
- Free school meals
- 43.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2018
- Replaced
- Nelson Infant School (URN 120946)
- Address
- Northumberland Street, Norwich, NR2 4EH
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources