Mousehold Infant & Nursery School

Mousehold Infant & Nursery School is an outstanding school across all judged areas: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This was its first section 5 inspection, although Ofsted had previously judged the school outstanding before it became an academy. It is part of the Inclusive Schools Trust and, under the current framework, has not been given an overall effectiveness grade. The school is highly inclusive, ambitious and effective for all pupils, including the high number with SEND and the significant number who speak English as an additional language. Staff expertise is a major strength. The curriculum is carefully sequenced, brought to life well, and adapted precisely to pupils’ next steps. Reading and language development are particularly strong, with most pupils quickly becoming confident readers and pupils who need extra practice receiving it. Pupils behave exceptionally well, are attentive and independent, and are very accepting of difference. The school’s wider offer, including clubs, music and the arts, enriches learning, and leaders work closely with staff, trustees and a partner junior school to sustain improvement. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. Inspectors identified no weaknesses or areas for improvement in the report.

Strengths

• Highly inclusive provision ensures all pupils access the same rich curriculum, including pupils with SEND and those learning English as an additional language.
• Staff expertise brings the curriculum to life and helps very many pupils make rapid progress.
• A strong focus on language and vocabulary supports pupils who enter with less precise speech and helps most become confident readers.
• Work is precisely matched to pupils’ next steps, and staff check understanding to prevent misconceptions.
• Pupils behave exceptionally well, are attentive, independent and very accepting of difference.
• The well-planned additional offer, including varied clubs, music and the arts, nurtures pupils’ interests and talents.
• Leaders support staff well and work closely with trustees and a partner junior school to continue improving quality.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

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 Mousehold Infant & Nursery School attended 94.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.6% 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, 1.3% of pupils at Mousehold Infant & 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 Mousehold Infant & Nursery School had 18.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 22.4% 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, 19.2% of pupils at Mousehold Infant & Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.7% 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 2023–24 Mousehold Infant & Nursery School received £7,206 and spent £8,092 for each of its 228 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £31,000 (-£138 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of Clarion Corvus Trust, income was £7,184 and spending £7,455 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

Mousehold Infant & Nursery School is part of Clarion Corvus Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

• George White Junior School Norwich
• Lionwood Junior School Norwich
• Lionwood Infant and Nursery School Norwich
• Drayton Community Infant School Norwich
• Nightingale Infant & Nursery School Norwich
• Hobart High School Norwich
• Manor Field Infant and Nursery School Norwich
• Aslacton Primary School Norwich
• Thurlton Primary School Norwich
• Watton Westfield Infant and Nursery School Thetford

What is Mousehold Infant & Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Mousehold Infant & Nursery School is Outstanding, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Mousehold Infant & Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

Mousehold Infant & Nursery School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Mousehold Infant & Nursery School have?

Mousehold Infant & Nursery School has 224 pupils on roll.

What age range does Mousehold Infant & Nursery School cover?

Mousehold Infant & Nursery School for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Mousehold Infant & Nursery School?

Mousehold Infant & Nursery School is at Mousehold Avenue, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 4RS.