Cringleford Prep

Primary Ages 4-11 52 pupils Cringleford
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Cringleford Prep is a free schools in South Norfolk for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 52 pupils on roll. About 94% of its places were empty in 2024/25, far more than at most primary schools, so a place should be easier to come by.

Type Primary / Free schools
Age Range 4-11
Religion Unknown
Address Woolhouse Way
Cringleford
Norfolk
NR4 7FU
Phone 01603854200
Reference Number 150734

General Makeup

Number of pupils 52
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.85%
Girls: 46.15%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 3.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 21.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 11 17 28
2 Unknown Unknown Unknown
3 Unknown Unknown Unknown
4 Unknown Unknown Unknown
5 Unknown Unknown Unknown
6 Unknown Unknown Unknown

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 48.1%
African 17.3%
White, Other 5.8%
Pakistani 5.8%
Indian 3.8%
White & Black (African) 3.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.9%
Chinese 1.9%
White & Asian 1.9%
Mixed, Other 1.9%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 44 6
Third Preference 11 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Cringleford Prep had 23 pupils for 420 places. 397 places (94.5%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “Cringleford Primary Phase” planning area

Norfolk counted 84 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 101 in 2029–30, up 20%.

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 Cringleford Prep were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.0
Permanent exclusions 0

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 Cringleford Prep had 17.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 5.89.0
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave ––
Sick days per teacher ––

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, 11.5% of pupils at Cringleford Prep were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 3 0
Speech, language and communication needs 2 1
Moderate learning difficulty 1 0

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 Cringleford Prep received £17,382 and spent £19,842 for each of its 23 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £9,000 (£405 per pupil).

Across all 18 schools of Inspiration Trust, income was £8,318 and spending £8,382 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve £9,000
per pupil £405
In-year balance -£57,000
per pupil -£2,460

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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Valley Primary Academy
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Name Distance
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1.23 miles
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2.44 miles
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2.44 miles
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2.49 miles
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2.59 miles
The Wherry School
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2.82 miles
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2.94 miles
Notre Dame High School, Norwich
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2.98 miles

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Cringleford Prep is part of Inspiration Trust, which runs 18 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Cringleford Prep have?

Cringleford Prep has 52 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cringleford Prep cover?

Cringleford Prep for pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is Cringleford Prep?

Cringleford Prep is at Woolhouse Way, Cringleford, Norfolk, NR4 7FU.

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