Chapel Break Infant School

Community school·Infant school Norwich, Norfolk·NR5 9LU

School type

Infant school

Ages 4–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Chapel Break Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 4–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

39 first choices, 41 places

First choices per place

0.95

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

101

any preference, for 41 places

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05

00.511.5

1 per place

1.0320220.9820230.9420241.0020250.952026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Chapel Break Infant School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Outstanding

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Outstanding

School profile

Age range: 4–7
Pupils on roll: 157
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

19.1%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

40.1%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

19.1%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

7.6%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

7.4%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

23.3%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

16.4

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£8,508

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

St Michael's VA Junior School Norwich · 0.2 mi 50.7 Costessey Primary School Norwich · 0.5 mi 46.2 The Bawburgh School Norwich · 1.1 mi 64.1 St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Costessey Norwich · 1.2 mi 46.9 Valley Primary Academy Norwich · 1.3 mi 43.6 Norwich Primary Academy Norwich · 1.5 mi 38.8 West Earlham Junior School Norwich · 1.6 mi 28.2 Henderson Green Primary Academy Norwich · 1.8 mi 39.6

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

Chapel Break Infant School is a primary school serving Norwich, Norfolk, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 157 pupils aged 4 to 7 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Chapel Break Infant School 'Outstanding'.

Chapel Break Infant School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 39 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.4%. There are about 16.4 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.