Langley Preparatory School At Taverham Hall
Langley Preparatory School At Taverham Hall is an independent school in Norwich for boys and girls aged 0 to 13. It has 288 pupils and room for 476.
Taverham Park, Taverham, Norwich, NR8 6HU01603 868206langleyschool.co.uk/prepMrs Clare Rackham headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Norfolk council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 288 | 323 | 319 | 334 | 349 | 330 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 6% | 6% | 16% | 27% | 24% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taverham High School | Academy | 940 m | 1,254 | Good 2023 | 67 | Compare |
| Nightingale Infant & Nursery School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 169 | Good 2023 | 11 | Compare |
| Taverham VC CE Junior School | Church of England | 0.7 miles | 406 | Good 2023 | 66 | Compare |
| Queen's Hill Primary School | Council | 0.9 miles | 606 | Good 2023 | 68 | Compare |
| Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School | Academy | 1.2 miles | 205 | Outstanding 2023 | 98 | Compare |
| Drayton Community Infant School | Academy | 1.7 miles | 185 | No overall grade 2024 | 81 | Compare |
| Drayton CofE Junior School | Church of England | 1.8 miles | 331 | Good 2023 | 31 | Compare |
| St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Costessey | Academy | 1.8 miles | 315 | No overall grade 2025 | 57 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Langley Preparatory School At Taverham Hall a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Langley Preparatory School At Taverham Hall yet.
How many pupils does Langley Preparatory School At Taverham Hall have?
288 pupils aged 0 to 13 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 476 places, so it is 61% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Taverham Park, Taverham, Norwich, NR8 6HU
- Telephone
- 01603 868206
- Website
- www.langleyschool.co.uk/prep
- Headteacher
- Mrs Clare Rackham
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 0-13, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Ward
- Taverham South
- Constituency
- Broadland and Fakenham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 1919
- URN
- 121225 · LAESTAB 9266008 · UKPRN 10018665
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.