Fred Nicholson School
Westfield Road, Toftwood, Dereham, NR19 1JB
Ofsted: Good
Independent
Phase
174
Capacity
3-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Cohort Size
- 29
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 197
- Boys
- 118 (60%)
- Girls
- 79 (40%)
- Capacity
- 174 (113% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 57.1%
- EAL
- 9.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 6.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 31.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £27,093/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.9%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.5%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 84.7%
- White Other: 4.1%
- Other: 4.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.5%
- Black Caribbean: 1.5%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
- Asian Indian: 1.0%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.5%
84.7%
White British
4.1%
White Other
4.1%
Other
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 121256
- UKPRN
- 10015370
- Establishment No.
- 7004