# Charles Darwin Primary School

Charles Darwin Primary School is a primary school in Norwich, for pupils aged 2 to 11.

It had 465 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E142871. [Norwich](https://openindex.co.uk/norwich)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Free schools
- Ages: 2 to 11
- Pupils: 465
- Council: Norwich
- URN: 142871

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, April 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 30 April 2025
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 81% of pupils at Charles Darwin Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 56% in Norfolk and 62% in England.
21% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Norfolk | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 81% | 56% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 21% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 103 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Norwich School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/norwich-school-e121242): 400 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Notre Dame High School, Norwich](https://openindex.co.uk/school/notre-dame-high-school-norwich-e137913): 760 m. Secondary. Good (overall), February 2024. Attainment 8 of 57.0 (2025/26, provisional)
- [The Free School Norwich](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-free-school-norwich-e136821): 780 m. Primary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade. 46% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Jane Austen College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/jane-austen-college-e140815): 870 m. Secondary. Outstanding (overall), May 2024. Attainment 8 of 52.2 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form Free School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sir-isaac-newton-sixth-form-free-school-e139896): 910 m. Sixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Lionwood Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lionwood-infant-and-nursery-school-e144144): 1 km. Primary. Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/142871)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/142871)

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