The Parkside School, Norwich

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

NorfolkLocal Authority

Norwich SouthConstituency

NR2 3JAPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

The Parkside School, Norwich is a state-funded special for pupils aged 7–18, located in Norfolk, East of England.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 199 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

83%

Asian

Black

Mixed

10%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

199

Total Pupils

66%Boys

34%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

57%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 7 – 18
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 199
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

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

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 8 May 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
6 Nov 2012	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.