Cecil Gowing Infant SchoolSparhawk Infant School & Nursery

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Norwich.

Summary of the comparison

Cecil Gowing Infant School and Sparhawk Infant School & Nursery are primary schools in Norwich.

Cecil Gowing Infant School scores 67 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Sparhawk Infant School & Nursery scores 83 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Sparhawk Infant School & Nursery is ahead on our composite score.
Cecil Gowing Infant School was judged Good and Sparhawk Infant School & Nursery was judged Outstanding.

Cecil Gowing Infant School versus Sparhawk Infant School & Nursery compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	NorwichCecil Gowing Infant School	NorwichSparhawk Infant School & Nursery	England average
Overview
Our score	C67/100	B83/100Stronger figure
Local ranking	308th of 330 in Norfolk	261st of 330 in Norfolk Stronger figure
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School type	Community school	Community school
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	2-7	3-7
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	173	188
Capacity	180	180
Location	Norwich, NR7 8NZ	Norwich, NR7 8BU
Pupils
Pupils in the census	162	205
Free school meals (ever 6)	9.3%	12.7%
English as an additional language	10.5%	15.1%
SEN support	9.9%	9.3%
SEN with an EHC plan	4.9%	6.3%
Attendance
Overall absence	5.7%	4.2% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	15.3%	2.6% Stronger figure	15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.