Nightingale Infant & Nursery School, Norwich

From the headteacher's welcome: "A very warm welcome to Nightingale Infant and Nursery School. We are part of the Clarion Inclusive Trust, a small group of schools working together across Norwich and the surrounding areas. We are a friendly and child-centred infant school based in Taverham, to the west of the city of Norwich."

For September 2026 entry, 45 families put Nightingale Infant & Nursery School as their first choice and 100 named it as one of their preferences, for 46 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Nightingale Infant & Nursery School are Taverham VC CE Junior School (0.2 miles, Good, 84% reading, 75% maths); Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School (0.6 miles, Outstanding); Drayton Community Infant School (1.1 miles, Requires improvement); and Drayton CofE Junior School (1.2 miles, Good, 82% reading, 69% maths).

Nightingale Infant & Nursery School is one of 13 schools run by Clarion Corvus Trust, an academy trust.

4.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 12 pupils (7.1%) received SEN support and 1 (0.6%) 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 a physical disability.

Nightingale Infant & Nursery School had 12 teachers in 2026, one for every 8 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Nightingale Infant & Nursery School.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Nightingale Close (adjacent), 80 metres away.

In 2024/25, Nightingale Infant & Nursery School issued 31 suspensions, 18.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.