West Earlham Infant and Nursery School

Scarnell Road, Norwich, NR5 8HT

281 pupils · 98% of 288 capacity

Phase
Primary
Type
Community school
Ages
2–7
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Local authority
Norfolk
Free school meals
45.5%

Ofsted

Standards maintained (2024)Ungraded inspection — “Standards maintained” (no overall grade issued)

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 9 October 2024, published 12 November 2024. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Will my child get in?

Roughly one first choice per place 1.1 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

Applications and offers by entry year
EntryPlaces1st preferencesTotal preferencesOffers
Sept 2026 entry59659059
Sept 2025 entry50498349
Sept 2024 entry51506951
Sept 2023 entry59588159
Sept 2022 entry57578457
Sept 2021 entry56548555
Sept 2020 entry60669360
Sept 2019 entry60679960

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.

Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.