Falcon Junior School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Norwich · NR7 8NT · Norfolk
Ages 7–11
- KS249%
- Absence6.0%
- FSM20.9%
0.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 120904
Cecil Gowing Infant School
Community school · Norwich · NR7 8NZ
Ages 2–7 · 173 pupils · Norfolk
Ofsted
School remains Good
Overall absence
5.9%
Admissions demand
0.96 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-07-19
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)17.0%
Unauthorised1.6%
- Authorised absence
- 4.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.9%
- Enrolments in measure
- 112
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.96 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
50
Places offered
52
1st-preference offers
50
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 109
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 52
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill96%
173 pupils · 180 places
- Pupils on roll
- 173
- Boys / girls
- 92 / 81
- School capacity
- 180
- Capacity fill
- 173 / 180 (96%)
- Free school meals
- 11%
- FSM pupils
- 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 2–7
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Miss Aimee Bradford
Location
- Address
- Falcon Road West, Sprowston
- Postcode
- NR7 8NZ
- Town
- Norwich
- County
- Norfolk
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- District
- Broadland
- Constituency
- Norwich North
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 2–7, in Norwich, Norfolk, 173 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 11%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Sparhawk Infant School & Nursery
Ofsted: OutstandingCommunity school · Primary
Norwich · NR7 8BU · Norfolk
Ages 3–7
- Absence4.7%
- FSM10.6%
- Demand0.98
0.4 miles away
Sprowston Junior School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Norwich · NR7 8EW · Norfolk
Ages 7–11
- KS254%
- Absence8.5%
- FSM29.1%
0.5 miles away
Sprowston Infant School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Norwich · NR7 8EW · Norfolk
Ages 4–7
- Absence5.8%
- FSM26.1%
- Demand0.97
0.5 miles away
White House Farm
Ofsted: GoodFree schools · Primary
Norwich · NR7 8DN · Norfolk
Ages 4–11
- Absence6.2%
- FSM18.9%
- Demand1.00
0.8 miles away
Heartsease Primary Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Norwich · NR7 9UE · Norfolk
Ages 2–11
- KS220%
- Absence6.7%
- FSM33.7%
- Demand1.00
0.8 miles away
St. Clements Hill Primary Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedFree schools · Primary
Norwich · NR3 4AR · Norfolk
Ages 4–11
- Absence5.7%
- FSM18.8%
- Demand0.95
1.0 miles away
Mousehold Infant & Nursery School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Norwich · NR3 4RS · Norfolk
Ages 3–7
- Absence5.4%
- FSM16.8%
- Demand0.98
1.1 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Aimee Bradford
- Telephone
- 01603429564