Browick Road Primary and Nursery School

Browick Road Primary and Nursery School is performing well. Inspectors found the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, leadership and management, and early years provision to be good, and personal development to be outstanding; under current arrangements no overall effectiveness grade was awarded. Pupils are confident, responsible and highly engaged, attendance is very high, and behaviour is good. The school has a broad and ambitious curriculum, strong reading and phonics teaching, and effective inclusion of pupils with SEND, including through its specialist resource base. Notable strengths include the school's wider opportunities, especially music, local community links and expert-led activities, which help pupils build confidence and responsibility. Staff know pupils well, adapt learning effectively, and are well supported by leaders and governors; safeguarding is effective. The main area for improvement is writing. Some pupils have weaker technical writing skills, including handwriting, sentence structure and punctuation, so their writing does not fully reflect their understanding. The school has begun to focus more on these skills, but this work is at an early stage. Contextually, this was the school's first routine inspection since the pandemic; it was previously exempt as outstanding and has converted from an infant school to a one-form entry primary with a nursery.

Strengths

• Broad and ambitious curriculum adapted well to meet all pupils' needs
• Strong inclusion of pupils with SEND, including in the specialist resource base
• Effective phonics and reading teaching with regular checks and catch-up support
• Pupils develop deep topic knowledge and a wide vocabulary
• Outstanding personal development through wider opportunities, music and community links
• Pupils are confident, responsible and behave well, with very high attendance
• Staff feel well supported, with comprehensive training and collaborative leadership
• Governors bring expertise and challenge and support the school effectively
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective
• Pupils are inclusive and welcome new starters

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils have weak handwriting, sentence structure and punctuation
• Technical writing skills are not taught well enough or gaps are not identified and addressed
• The increased emphasis on teaching technical writing is at an early stage

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 Browick Road Primary and Nursery School attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.7% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Browick Road Primary and Nursery 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 Browick Road Primary and Nursery School had 20.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.6% 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, 13.9% of pupils at Browick Road Primary and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.2% 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 Browick Road Primary and Nursery School received £7,607 and spent £7,372 for each of its 232 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £160,000 (£689 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).

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What is Browick Road Primary and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Browick Road Primary and Nursery School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Browick Road Primary and Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

Browick Road Primary and Nursery School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Browick Road Primary and Nursery School have?

Browick Road Primary and Nursery School has 251 pupils on roll.

What age range does Browick Road Primary and Nursery School cover?

Browick Road Primary and Nursery School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Browick Road Primary and Nursery School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Browick Road Primary and Nursery School?

Browick Road Primary and Nursery School is at 8 - 12 Browick Road, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 0QW.