Schools in Norfolk
454 schools in the Norfolk local authority.
Schools
454
Open schools
Pupils
121,518
2025–26 census
Good or better
90%
313 of 348 graded
Academic Performance
4.1
out of 10 · 407 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 24 7%
- Good
- 289 83%
- Requires improvement
- 31 9%
- Inadequate
- 4 1%
47 inspected since 2024, no overall grade36 superseded by a report card59 not judged5 in a category of concern1 safeguarding not effective
4.1
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 407 of 454 schools that can be scored
Pupils
121,518
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Roll from 453 of 454 schools (121,518 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
87%Asian
3%Black
3%Mixed
4%Chinese
<1%Any other group
1%Unclassified
2%Ethnicity from 418 of 454 schools (116,029 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 23.9%
- First language not English
- 13.9%
- Young carers
- 2.7%
27,700 of 116,029 pupils · 418 of 454 schools
16,155 of 116,029 pupils · 418 of 454 schools
3,179 of 115,782 pupils · 415 of 454 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 348
- Secondary
- 54
- All-through
- 7
- Special
- 21
- Nursery
- 3
- PRU
- 3
- Not recorded
- 18
Top primary schools in Norfolk
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Ashleigh Primary School and Nursery, WymondhamNorfolk · Primary10.0/10Outstanding
- 2.Charles Darwin Primary SchoolNorfolk · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 3.Eastgate AcademyNorfolk · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 4.Little Melton Primary SchoolNorfolk · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 5.Rackheath Primary SchoolNorfolk · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 6.Neatishead Church of England Primary SchoolNorfolk · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- 7.White Woman Lane Junior SchoolNorfolk · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- 8.Chapel Break Infant SchoolNorfolk · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 9.Clover Hill VA Infant and Nursery SchoolNorfolk · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 10.Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery SchoolNorfolk · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 11.Mile Cross Primary SchoolNorfolk · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 12.Sparhawk Infant School & NurseryNorfolk · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 13.West Earlham Infant and Nursery SchoolNorfolk · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 14.Whitefriars Church of England Primary AcademyNorfolk · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 15.Buxton Primary SchoolNorfolk · Primary9.1/10Outstanding
- 16.Wymondham College Prep School Norfolk · Primary9.1/10Outstanding
- 17.Alpington and Bergh Apton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolNorfolk · Primary9.0/10
- 18.Colby Primary SchoolNorfolk · Primary8.9/10Good
- 19.Fleggburgh CofE Primary SchoolNorfolk · Primary8.9/10Good
- 20.St Peter's CofE Primary Academy, EastonNorfolk · Primary8.9/10Good
Top secondary schools in Norfolk
The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Hethersett AcademyNorfolk · Secondary9.8/10Outstanding
- 2.Wymondham CollegeNorfolk · Secondary9.8/10Outstanding
- 3.Jane Austen CollegeNorfolk · Secondary9.7/10Outstanding
- 4.Notre Dame High School, NorwichNorfolk · Secondary8.8/10Good
- 5.Wayland AcademyNorfolk · Secondary8.3/10Good
- 6.Wymondham High AcademyNorfolk · Secondary8.0/10Good
- 7.Long Stratton High SchoolNorfolk · Secondary7.7/10Good
- 8.Framingham Earl High SchoolNorfolk · Secondary7.6/10Good
- 9.Cromer AcademyNorfolk · Secondary7.5/10Good
- 10.Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth FormNorfolk · Secondary7.5/10
- 11.University Technical College NorfolkNorfolk · Secondary7.4/10
- 12.City of Norwich School, An Ormiston AcademyNorfolk · Secondary7.3/10Good
- 13.Dereham Neatherd High SchoolNorfolk · Secondary7.2/10
- 14.Taverham High SchoolNorfolk · Secondary7.2/10Good
- 15.Caister AcademyNorfolk · Secondary6.7/10Good
- 16.Springwood High SchoolNorfolk · Secondary6.7/10Good
- 17.Broadland High Ormiston AcademyNorfolk · Secondary6.6/10Good
- 18.Hewett AcademyNorfolk · Secondary6.6/10Good
- 19.Acle AcademyNorfolk · Secondary6.5/10Good
- 20.Ormiston Venture AcademyNorfolk · Secondary6.5/10
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About schools in Norfolk
- How many schools are there in Norfolk?
- Norfolk has 454 open schools — 348 primary, 54 secondary, 21 special, 3 nursery, teaching 121,518 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Norfolk are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 313 of the 348 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 90% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 24 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 454: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Norfolk?
- 4.1 out of 10, averaged across the 407 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Norfolk schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 106 schools in Norfolk currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Norfolk local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Norfolk covers 454 schools and sits in the East of England region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Norfolk are eligible for free school meals?
- 23.9% — 27,700 of 116,029 pupils at the 418 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the East of England region.