Angel Road Junior School, Norwich

In 2025, 85% of Year 6 pupils at Angel Road Junior School reached the expected standard in reading and 83% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 73% and 70% in Norfolk and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 67% in reading and 61% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

Across Norfolk, 94% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Norfolk lodged 64 appeals against primary school offers; 51 reached a hearing and 5 succeeded (9.8% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Angel Road Junior School are Angel Road Infant School (under 0.1 miles, Requires improvement); Magdalen Gates Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 72% reading, 69% maths); George White Junior School (0.5 miles, Good, 61% reading, 62% maths); and St. Clements Hill Primary Academy (0.6 miles, Requires improvement, 65% reading, 65% maths).

Angel Road Junior School's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Angel Road Junior School is one of 12 schools run by Evolution Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

28 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Angel Road Junior School (as of September 2025): 71% would recommend the school, 89% say their child is happy there and 43% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (89%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (43%).

36.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 35.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (50%), Black (13%) and Mixed (9%).

In 2026, 35 pupils (18.2%) received SEN support and 14 (7.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Angel Road Junior School had 12 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Norwich Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Angel Road Junior School (adjacent), 30 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 648 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Norfolk (28), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Angel Road Junior School issued 5 suspensions, 2.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Angel Road Junior School are Sewell Park Academy (0.4 miles), Jane Austen College (0.7 miles) and The Open Academy (1.4 miles).