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Nelson Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Sponsored academy
Northumberland Street, Norwich NR2 4EH · nelsoninfant.org.uk · 01603 620344
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jul 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 137
- 76% of 180 places
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 43.8%
- First language not English
- 43.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 40 families put the school first and 45 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 | 45 | 40 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 45 | 43 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 42 | 36 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 37 | 32 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 37 | 37 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Nelson Infant School on 7 July 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 7 Jul 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2023
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 120946), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2023Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120946)
May 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120946)
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (47 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 47
- 33% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied