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Earlham Nursery School

Nursery · Norwich · NR5 8DB

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 21 April 2026 · report published 8 June 2026

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At a glance

78 pupils (January 2026 census)

School type
Local authority nursery school
Age range
2–5
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
0% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
18.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.earlhamnurseryschool.co.uk
URN
120767

In figures

At its report-card inspection on 21 April 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. It had 78 pupils at the 15 January 2026 census.

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: SEN unit.

SEN unit
10 of 10 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 53% (Norfolk 79%, England 60%) · Black African 13% (Norfolk 3%, England 5%) · Any other White background 9% (Norfolk 7%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 5% (Norfolk 2%, England 4%) · Not recorded 5% (Norfolk 1%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 4% (Norfolk 0%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Norfolk 1%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 3% (Norfolk 0%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Norfolk 0%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Norfolk 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Norfolk 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Norfolk 1%, England 2%) · White Irish 1% (Norfolk 0%, England 0%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £33,164; 0% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£14,936
Typical nursery school£13,398

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for nursery schools in brackets: Staff 79% (79%) · premises 3% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (5%) · supplies and services 7% (8%) · educational supplies 4% (2%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 3% (0%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £23,030; in-year balance +£14,260

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher19%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications28.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work14.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways31.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health42.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier33.4%62.3%
Social housing52.3%17.1%
Privately rented14%20.5%
Detached houses8.3%22.9%
Flats13.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms26.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van29.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01026867 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£217,500187 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£185,000–£260,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (27)£315,000
Semi-detached (49)£246,000
Terraced (86)£205,000
Flat (25)£145,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
14an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
41an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
8an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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