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Sprowston Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Community school
Recreation Ground Road, Sprowston, Recreation Ground Rd, Norwich NR7 8EW · sprowstoninfant.norfolk.sch.uk · 01603 429001
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2020
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 111
- 54% of 206 places
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 26.1%
- First language not English
- 18%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 39 families put the school first and 40 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 40 | 39 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 34 | 27 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 28 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 47 | 47 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Sprowston Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 12 February 2020, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in May 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 13 May 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2020Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2019Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective Jul 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Apr 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (24 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 24
- 18% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 8% who had a child bullied
based on 13 parents (54%) with SEND