Hickling CofE Infants Academy
Primary · Norwich · NR12 0XX
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 14 March 2023
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11 pupils · 24% of 45 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 14.3% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 4.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 0% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 150249
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 4 families named it first for 4 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 14 March 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Compare admissions across the area: Norfolk school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 100% (Norfolk 79%, England 60%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
4.55 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Norfolk: 5.56 suspensions and 0.10 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
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The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 5/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 25.5% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 21.6% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 29.7% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 16.1% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 38.5% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 82.2% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 8.3% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 9.5% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 68.3% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 0.8% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 26.3% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 8.2% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01026785 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £345,00025 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £270,000–£390,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer 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
- 0a rural school averages 0.3
- Collisions at school-run times
- 0a rural school averages 0.7
- All reported collisions
- 1a rural school averages 3.4
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 0a rural school averages 0.9
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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