Bignold Primary School and Nursery
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Norwich, NR2 2SY
- Distance
- 0.5km away
The Free School Norwich
Kings House, 15-17 Surrey Street, Norwich, NR1 3NX
Local ranking109th of 330 primary schools in Norfolk
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
196
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 20 May 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 46.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 4.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 75.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 57.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 61.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 71.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 105.0
- Cohort Size
- 28
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 185
- Boys
- 83 (46%)
- Girls
- 97 (54%)
- Capacity
- 196 (92% full)
- SEND
- 13.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.1%
- EAL
- 37.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.2%
- SEN Support
- 10.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 10.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,649/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 56.2%
- Asian Indian: 15.1%
- White Other: 9.2%
- Mixed Other: 6.0%
- Black African: 2.7%
- Asian Other: 2.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.6%
- Black Other: 1.6%
56.2%
White British
15.1%
Asian Indian
9.2%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Kings House
Norwich, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 136821
- UKPRN
- 10034735
- Establishment No.
- 2020
- Trust
- THE FREE SCHOOL NORWICH
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