West Earlham Infant and Nursery School

State-Funded School

west-earlham-infant-and-nursery-school-norfolk-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

NorfolkLocal Authority

Norwich SouthConstituency

NR5 8HTPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

West Earlham Infant and Nursery School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–7, located in Norfolk, East of England.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 281 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

69%

Asian

Black

11%

Mixed

10%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

281

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

30%

England average

27%

First language not English

29%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 7
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 281
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least 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 9 October 2024. 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
16 Nov 2017	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.