East Ruston Infant School & Nursery

East Ruston Infant School & Nursery has demonstrated overall good performance since its first inspection. The school enjoys a strong reputation within its community, fostering a happy environment where pupils are encouraged to achieve their best. The curriculum is carefully designed to engage children from Nursery through to Year 2 and emphasizes outdoor learning, instilling a love for nature and the environment. Notably, the staff's commitment to professional development ensures that they are well-equipped to deliver a high-quality education across various subjects, especially in supporting reading and mathematics.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and enjoy their lessons.
• Strong emphasis on outdoor learning and nature.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
• High-quality staff training for subject knowledge.
• Strong community ties and positive parental engagement.

Areas for Improvement

• Need for improved monitoring of the curriculum across all subjects.
• Some pupils exhibiting patterns of persistent absence.

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, 0.0% of pupils at East Ruston Infant School & 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 East Ruston Infant School & Nursery had 21.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 47.6% 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, 2.7% of pupils at East Ruston Infant School & Nursery were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.7% 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 2024–25 East Ruston Infant School & Nursery received £15,113 and spent £12,919 for each of its 27 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £2,000 (-£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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East Ruston Infant School & Nursery is part of Broad Horizons Education Trust, which runs 18 schools. The nearest others:

• Stalham Infant School and Nursery Norwich
• Stalham Academy Norwich
• North Walsham Junior School North Walsham
• North Walsham Infant School North Walsham
• Martham Academy and Nursery Great Yarmouth
• Hemblington Primary School Norwich
• Sprowston Community Academy Norwich
• Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form Norwich
• Dussindale Primary School Norwich
• St. Clements Hill Primary Academy Norwich

What is East Ruston Infant School & Nursery's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for East Ruston Infant School & Nursery is Good, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was East Ruston Infant School & Nursery last inspected by Ofsted?

East Ruston Infant School & Nursery was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does East Ruston Infant School & Nursery have?

East Ruston Infant School & Nursery has 37 pupils on roll.

What age range does East Ruston Infant School & Nursery cover?

East Ruston Infant School & Nursery for pupils aged 2 to 7.

Where is East Ruston Infant School & Nursery?

East Ruston Infant School & Nursery is at School Road, East Ruston, Norwich, Norfolk, NR12 9JD.