Clover Hill VA Infant and Nursery School, Norwich
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Clover Hill is a warm and ambitious school where pupils feel safe and proud to belong. Teaching is consistently excellent, with staff supporting children to speak confidently and understand ideas deeply. The school goes beyond the classroom with high-quality trips, clubs and musical and sporting events that enrich learning and develop important values like compassion and kindness.
Key Strengths
- Excellent pupil behaviour with clear, consistent routines from the earliest years
- Expert, focused teaching that helps pupils understand, practise and remember key concepts
- Strong support for pupils with SEND, with staff receiving specialist training and adapting teaching effectively
- Rich curriculum enrichment including trips, clubs and visitors that link to classroom learning
- Effective phonics teaching with additional daily story lessons to build vocabulary and comprehension
Areas for Improvement
- Some pupils do not yet apply their writing skills with confidence and fluency across different subjects despite recent improvements to foundational writing knowledge
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective with leaders creating an open, positive culture that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
Clubs, trips, musical events, sporting events
Clover Hill VA Infant and Nursery School has maintained its outstanding standards and continues to provide a warm, ambitious learning environment where pupils thrive and achieve well across the curriculum.
At a Glance
20.9%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
26 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Class Sizes
24.0
Avg class size
26.5
Infant (KS1)
5
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
117%
Over capacity
210 pupils
180 capacity
30 places over capacity
Area Demand Pressure - Norwich
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Norwich
Admissions Demand - Norfolk
Places available
9,822
Applications
7,691
Got 1st preference
95.8%
Got preferred school
98.9%
Primary admissions across Norfolk (2025/26)
Inspection History(4)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
6.91429%
Overall absence
16.96429%
Persistent absence
112
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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