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Nightingale Infant & Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–7 · Sponsored academy
Nightingale Drive, Taverham, Norwich NR8 6LA · nightingaleinfant.co.uk · 01603 867976
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2023
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 169
- 94% of 180 places
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 7%
- First language not English
- 13%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Clarion Corvus Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 45 families put the school first and 46 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 | 46 | 45 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 39 | 36 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 40 | 40 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 28 | 23 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 32 | 30 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
Nightingale Infant & Nursery School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 23 May 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 23 May 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Mar 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 120924), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Sept 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Met Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120924)
Mar 2018Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120924)
Jan 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120924)
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (51 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 51
- 41% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 78% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied
based on 10 parents (20%) with SEND