Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Norwich, Norfolk·NR1 2LR
Composite score
37.1
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#11,811
National rank
#1286
In East of England
#165
In Norfolk
Top 80%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
57%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
96%
26 first choices, 27 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
51
any preference, for 27 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1320220.9320231.0720241.0020250.962026

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

Norfolk does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
220
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
47.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
16.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
29.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
8.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
21.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,151
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery

Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery is a primary school in Norwich, Norfolk, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 220 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 57% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 14.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 96% of the families who made Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 6.7%. There are about 14.5 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 47% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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.

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