The Free School Norwich
Primary schoolThe Free School Norwich is a primary school in Norwich, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 180 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 20 May 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 46% of pupils at The Free School Norwich met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 56% in Norfolk and 62% in England.
4% 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 | 46% | 56% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 4% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 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
In a straight line- Notre Dame High School, NorwichSecondary. Good (overall), February 2024. Attainment 8 of 57.0 (2025/26, provisional)210 m
- Bignold Primary School and NurseryPrimary. Good (overall), May 2022. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)490 m
- Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form Free SchoolSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file550 m
- Charles Darwin Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, April 2025. 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)780 m
- Norwich Steiner SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file820 m
- Norwich SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file840 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Norwich
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).