The Free School Norwich
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Norwich, NR1 3NX
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Charles Darwin Primary School
81 Rose Lane, Norwich, NR1 1DJ
Local ranking10th of 333 primary schools in Norfolk
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 7 September 2026
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 81.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 21.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 91.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 90.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 107.0
- Cohort Size
- 58
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 443
- Boys
- 231 (52%)
- Girls
- 212 (48%)
- Capacity
- 420 (105% full)
- SEND
- 13.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.7%
- EAL
- 42.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.6%
- SEN Support
- 9.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 22.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,749/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 12.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 35.9%
- Asian Indian: 26.7%
- Black African: 10.2%
- White Other: 7.7%
- Other: 4.2%
- Mixed Other: 2.7%
- Asian Other: 2.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.2%
35.9%
White British
26.7%
Asian Indian
10.2%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
81 Rose Lane
Norwich, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 142871
- UKPRN
- 10056958
- Establishment No.
- 2126
- Trust
- INSPIRATION TRUST
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