# The Wherry School

The Wherry School is a special school in Norwich, for pupils aged 4 to 19.

It had 134 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Special school. Code E144769. [Norwich](https://openindex.co.uk/norwich)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Free schools special
- Ages: 4 to 19
- Pupils: 134
- Council: Norwich
- URN: 144769

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 14 April 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard
- Early years: Not applicable
- Post-16 provision: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
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, 0% of pupils at The Wherry School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 56% in Norfolk and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at The Wherry School was 22.1, against 45.1 in Norwich and 46.2 in England.
5.9% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

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

| Measure | This school | Norfolk | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 56% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 94 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 86 | 103 | 105 |

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Norwich | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 22.1 | 45.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 5.9% | 46.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 29.4% | 62.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 17 | – | – |

The Wherry School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
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.
The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 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.

- [Hewett Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hewett-academy-e142059): 260 m. Secondary. Good (overall), October 2023. Attainment 8 of 46.1 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/edith-cavell-academy-and-nursery-e140990): 420 m. Primary. School remains Good, February 2023. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Harford Manor School, Norwich](https://openindex.co.uk/school/harford-manor-school-norwich-e121264): 480 m. Special. Good (overall), June 2023
- [Tuckswood Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tuckswood-academy-e141661): 580 m. Primary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Norwich City College of Further and Higher Education](https://openindex.co.uk/school/norwich-city-college-of-further-and-higher-education-e130764): 760 m. Sixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Lakenham Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lakenham-primary-school-e134965): 780 m. Primary. Good (overall), May 2024. 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## 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/144769)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/144769)

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