Nightingale Infant & Nursery School
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Nightingale Infant & Nursery School is a sponsored academy in Norwich for boys and girls aged 2 to 7. It has 169 pupils and room for 180. About 7 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. We give it 11 out of 100. That puts it well below schools like it, ahead of 7% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2023.
Nightingale Drive, Taverham, Norwich, NR8 6LA01603 867976nightingaleinfant.co.ukMrs Sarah Hutt headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 23 May 2023, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
79 places were empty (44% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in. Pupil numbers have fallen by 11% since 2021/22, so places are getting easier to find.
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 a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (7), Physical disability (2), Autistic spectrum disorder (1), Other difficulty or disability (1), language and communications needs (1), Vision impairment (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 169 | 168 | 142 | 125 | 143 | 159 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 5% | 9% | 9% | 14% | 9% | 11% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 13% | 10% | 13% | 6% | 7% | 5% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 7% | 8% | 8% | 11% | 11% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 92.8% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2018/19 | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 7.2% | 7.1% | 5.3% | 7.5% | 2.4% | 4.5% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 6.0% | 5.9% | 4.0% | 6.1% | 1.6% | 3.3% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 0.8% | 1.3% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 20.3% | 20.3% | 15.1% | 23.3% | 1.1% | 11.4% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 18.5 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 3.5 | 1.9 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Staff
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025.
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 primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taverham VC CE Junior School | Church of England | 380 m | 406 | Good 2023 | 66 | Compare |
| Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School | Academy | 960 m | 205 | Outstanding 2023 | 98 | Compare |
| Drayton Community Infant School | Academy | 1.1 miles | 185 | No overall grade 2024 | 81 | Compare |
| Drayton CofE Junior School | Church of England | 1.2 miles | 331 | Good 2023 | 31 | Compare |
| Queen's Hill Primary School | Council | 1.3 miles | 606 | Good 2023 | 68 | Compare |
| St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Costessey | Academy | 1.8 miles | 315 | No overall grade 2025 | 57 | Compare |
| Horsford CofE VA Primary School | Church of England/Christian | 2.5 miles | 354 | Good 2023 | 53 | Compare |
| St Peter's CofE Primary Academy, Easton | Academy | 2.7 miles | 185 | Good 2024 | 77 | Compare |
Compared with schools like it
Our score compares Nightingale Infant & Nursery School with the 44 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 44 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.
How the score was worked out
The score is out of 100. A 11 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 11% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 5 to 27. That range is wide enough that the school could sit in the next band, so take the band as a rough guide rather than a verdict. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.
| What we looked at | How much it counts | Against schools like it | Effect on the score | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results over three years | 0% | no data | – | |
| Ofsted inspection | 19% (normally 20%, cut because the inspection is old) | in line | +0.02 | Ofsted grade, 3.3 years old |
| Progress pupils make | 0% | no data | – | |
| Direction of travel over five years | 10% | well below | -0.50 | results and attendance falling year on year |
| Attendance and behaviour | 10% | below | -0.17 | 2024/25; 64 pupils |
| Results, allowing for the mix of pupils | 0% | no data | – | |
| What parents say | 0% | no data | – |
Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.
Questions parents ask
Is Nightingale Infant & Nursery School a good school?
The figures are weak. Nightingale Infant & Nursery School scores 11 out of 100. That is well below schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 7% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 5 to 27, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been slipping over the last five years.
What is Nightingale Infant & Nursery School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Nightingale Infant & Nursery School good at its last full inspection on 23 May 2023.
How many pupils does Nightingale Infant & Nursery School have?
169 pupils aged 2 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 180 places, so it is 94% full.
Is Nightingale Infant & Nursery School oversubscribed?
Probably not. 79 places were empty in 2024/25 (44% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at Nightingale Infant & Nursery School?
Pupils were in school 92.8% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 20% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Nightingale Infant & Nursery School?
The average class had 20.3 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Nightingale Drive, Taverham, Norwich, NR8 6LA
- Telephone
- 01603 867976
- Website
- www.nightingaleinfant.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Hutt
- Type of school
- Sponsored academy (Academy sponsor led, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 2-7, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Clarion Corvus Trust (13 schools)
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Ward
- Taverham South
- Constituency
- Broadland and Fakenham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 December 2018 (new provision)
- URN
- 146550 · LAESTAB 9262209 · UKPRN 10081938
- Formerly
- Nightingale Infant and Nursery School
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.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- 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.