UET Pathfinder Academy
Special / other · Norwich · NR10 5JW
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 2 July 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
284 pupils · 81% of 350 capacity
- School type
- Academy alternative provision converter
- Age range
- 5–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 71.5% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 6.3% of pupils
- SEN support
- 30.1% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 40% of pupils
- Website
- www.pathfinderschools.uk
- URN
- 140753
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
79% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 16% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 4 June 2019: Good
- 6 March 2018: S8 No Formal Designation Visit
- 8 February 2017: Requires improvement
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.