Town Close Co-Educational Preparatory School
Town Close Co-Educational Preparatory School is an independent school in Norwich for boys and girls aged 2 to 14. It has 428 pupils and room for 556.
14 Ipswich Road, Norwich, Norwich, NR2 2LR01603 620180townclose.comMr Nicholas Tiley-Nunn 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 | 428 | 431 | 454 | 467 | 450 | 463 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 12% | 10% | 12% | 14% | 18% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwich City College of Further and Higher Education | Further education | 180 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Norwich High School for Girls GDST | Independent | 510 m | 574 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Harford Manor School, Norwich | Foundation special school | 600 m | 110 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Hewett Academy | Academy | 600 m | 543 | Good 2023 | 80 | Compare |
| Bignold Primary School and Nursery | Academy | 740 m | 399 | Good 2022 | 33 | Compare |
| The Wherry School | Free school | 870 m | 134 | Report card 2026 | – | Compare |
| City of Norwich School, An Ormiston Academy | Academy | 880 m | 1,685 | Good 2021 | 59 | Compare |
| The Free School Norwich | Free school | 960 m | 180 | No overall grade 2025 | 44 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Town Close Co-Educational Preparatory School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Town Close Co-Educational Preparatory School yet.
How many pupils does Town Close Co-Educational Preparatory School have?
428 pupils aged 2 to 14 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 556 places, so it is 77% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 14 Ipswich Road, Norwich, Norwich, NR2 2LR
- Telephone
- 01603 620180
- Website
- www.townclose.com
- Headteacher
- Mr Nicholas Tiley-Nunn
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 2-14, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Ward
- Town Close
- Constituency
- Norwich South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 1935
- URN
- 121237 · LAESTAB 9266111 · UKPRN 10018528
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.