Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery

Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery continues to perform well, maintaining its 'good' status. Pupils demonstrate a strong enthusiasm for learning and feel safe and included within the school community. The staff is dedicated to providing a supportive and engaging environment, where pupils enjoy diverse learning experiences, contributing to their overall achievement. Notably, the school effectively adapts its curriculum for pupils with special educational needs, ensuring they thrive alongside their peers. While there are several strengths in teaching and learning, some areas, particularly in a few subjects’ curriculum linkages and phonics application in writing, require improvement.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy coming to school and feel safe.
• There is a strong emphasis on pupils' well-being and resilience.
• The curriculum is well designed, allowing pupils to revisit important concepts.
• The school provides a wide range of clubs and extracurricular activities.
• Pupils with SEND receive tailored support and achieve well.
• Effective phonics and early reading programs are in place.

Areas for Improvement

• Teachers in some subjects lack confidence in their subject knowledge.
• Some pupils struggle to link current learning to previous knowledge.
• Younger pupils do not consistently apply phonics skills in independent writing.

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 Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.3% 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, 1.8% of pupils at Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery 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 Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery had 14.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.3% 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, 26.4% of pupils at Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.9% 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 2024–25 Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery received £9,563 and spent £9,164 for each of its 218 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £15,000 (-£69 per pupil).

Across all 18 schools of Broad Horizons Education Trust, income was £8,232 and spending £8,091 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Norwich · Norfolk local authority: places and applications

Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery is part of Broad Horizons Education Trust, which runs 18 schools. The nearest others:

• Tuckswood Academy Norwich
• Eaton Hall Specialist Academy Norwich
• Bluebell Primary School Norwich
• Sewell Park Academy Norwich
• St. Clements Hill Primary Academy Norwich
• Hillside Avenue Primary and Nursery School, Thorpe Norwich
• Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form Norwich
• Sprowston Community Academy Norwich
• Dussindale Primary School Norwich
• Hemblington Primary School Norwich

What is Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery last inspected by Ofsted?

Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery have?

Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery has 216 pupils on roll.

What age range does Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery cover?

Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery?

Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery is at Duckett Close, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 2LR.