Mundesley Infant School

Mundesley Infant School is a good school overall, with all key judgements graded good at this September 2024 inspection. Pupils are happy and feel safe in an inclusive school, attend well and behave positively. Leaders have designed a broad curriculum in partnership with the AIM Federation, set high expectations and pupils largely learn what is intended. Safeguarding is effective. Notable strengths include strong SEND support, calm and orderly behaviour, and personal development through values, enrichment and pupil leadership roles. Early reading has been revised and pupils typically become fluent readers, though the new approach is still being fully embedded. In early years, children achieve well and are prepared for their next stage, but adult interactions do not consistently maximise language and communication development. The main areas to improve are ensuring teachers explain new content precisely across all subjects so pupils remember the intended knowledge, and developing early years staff expertise in high-quality interactions to build children’s language and vocabulary. Governance and federation support are strengths. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the pandemic.

Strengths

• Inclusive, happy school where pupils feel safe and secure
• Pupils attend well and behave positively
• Carefully designed curriculum with high expectations
• Pupils largely achieve well and learn what leaders intend
• Strong SEND identification and support, including timely individual provision
• Calm and orderly environment with consistent behaviour management
• Personal development through school values, enrichment and leadership roles
• Effective safeguarding arrangements
• Governors know the school well and provide support and challenge
• Positive federation collaboration and staff training
• Early reading books closely matched to pupils’ learning with intervention to help catch up
• Children in early years typically achieve well and are prepared for their next stage

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, teachers do not explain new information precisely enough, leaving gaps in pupils’ knowledge
• Early years adult interactions do not consistently model talk or encourage responses to develop language and vocabulary
• The new early reading approach requires further staff training and support to be fully implemented

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Mundesley Infant School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 4.3% of pupils at Mundesley Infant School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Mundesley Infant School had 12.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 4.5% of pupils at Mundesley Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Mundesley Infant School received £12,503 and spent £11,891 for each of its 228 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £306,000 (£1,344 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). This school files a single return with the other schools in its federation, so the figures are for the whole federation.

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What is Mundesley Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Mundesley Infant School is Good, from an inspection in October 2024.

When was Mundesley Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Mundesley Infant School was last inspected in October 2024.

How many pupils does Mundesley Infant School have?

Mundesley Infant School has 66 pupils on roll.

What age range does Mundesley Infant School cover?

Mundesley Infant School for pupils aged 4 to 7.

Where is Mundesley Infant School?

Mundesley Infant School is at Trunch Road, Mundesley, Norwich, Norfolk, NR11 8LE.