The Free School Norwich
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Norwich, NR1 3NX
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Bignold Primary School and Nursery
Wessex Street, Norwich, NR2 2SY
Local ranking99th of 333 primary schools in Norfolk
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 57.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 5.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 68.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 59.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 68.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 57.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 102.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 102.0
- Cohort Size
- 56
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 426
- Boys
- 219 (51%)
- Girls
- 207 (49%)
- Capacity
- 420 (101% full)
- SEND
- 16.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 28.3%
- EAL
- 46.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 13.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,603/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- 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: 41.5%
- Black African: 14.6%
- Asian Indian: 13.6%
- White Other: 13.1%
- Mixed Other: 3.6%
- Other: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.4%
41.5%
White British
14.6%
Black African
13.6%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Wessex Street
Norwich, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 144640
- UKPRN
- 10064784
- Establishment No.
- 3421
- Trust
- EVOLUTION ACADEMY TRUST
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