Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School

Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School has received its first inspection since opening as an academy, achieving an overall effectiveness rating of outstanding. The school is praised for its exceptional quality of education, behavior, personal development, and leadership. Pupils exhibit a strong enthusiasm for learning and demonstrate exceptional behavior, contributing to a nurturing and positive school environment. The inclusive ethos supports all pupils, including those with special educational needs, ensuring they achieve well and develop independence.

Strengths

• Exceptional quality of education across all areas
• Strong support and leadership from the headteacher and trustees
• Highly ambitious and well-structured curriculum
• Inclusive approach that caters effectively to pupils with SEND
• Pupils demonstrate outstanding behavior and attitudes towards learning
• High levels of parental endorsement and community engagement

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 Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.6% 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, 2.9% of pupils at Ghost Hill Infant 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 Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School had 23.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 22.2% 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, 12.7% of pupils at Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.4% 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 Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School received £6,756 and spent £7,239 for each of its 196 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £98,000 (£499 per pupil).

Across all 23 schools of Sapientia Education Trust, income was £8,533 and spending £8,510 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

Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School is part of Sapientia Education Trust, which runs 23 schools. The nearest others:

• City Academy Norwich Norwich
• White House Farm Norwich
• Framingham Earl High School Norwich
• Surlingham Primary School Norwich
• Rockland St Mary Primary School Main Office
• Wymondham College Wymondham
• Wymondham College Prep School Wymondham
• Seething and Mundham Primary School Norwich
• Attleborough Primary School Attleborough
• Attleborough Academy Attleborough

What is Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School is Outstanding, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School have?

Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School has 205 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School cover?

Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School?

Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School is at Eastfield, Taverham, Norwich, Norfolk, NR8 6PJ.