Fred Nicholson School

State-Funded School

fred-nicholson-school-norfolk-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

NorfolkLocal Authority

Mid NorfolkConstituency

PE37 7BBPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Fred Nicholson School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–19, located in Norfolk, East of England.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 195 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2015

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

86%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

195

Total Pupils

59%Boys

41%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

56%

England average

27%

First language not English

12%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 3 – 19
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 195
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Some aspects not as strong

Ungraded inspection on 12 March 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
13 Jan 2015	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.