Schools in Norwich[1]

Local authority district E07000148 · 59 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 85 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 27 (32%)[4]
second 20%: 24 (28%)[4]
middle 20%: 14 (16%)[4]
fourth 20%: 11 (13%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 9 (11%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	31%[4]	29%[4]	12%[4]	14%[4]	14%[4]
Employment	32%[4]	25%[4]	16%[4]	14%[4]	13%[4]
Education and skills	42%[4]	15%[4]	18%[4]	13%[4]	12%[4]
Health and disability	35%[4]	28%[4]	18%[4]	11%[4]	8%[4]
Crime	35%[4]	34%[4]	14%[4]	7%[4]	9%[4]
Housing and services	1%[4]	16%[4]	21%[4]	33%[4]	28%[4]
Living environment	21%[4]	12%[4]	22%[4]	22%[4]	22%[4]
Children in low-income families	32%[4]	31%[4]	15%[4]	11%[4]	12%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 42.0% of 64,446 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 34.1% of 120,764 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 11.0% of 120,751 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Secondary schools (9)

School	Ages	Headline results
City Academy Norwich	11–19[2]	A8 36 2025/26[8]
City of Norwich School, An Ormiston Academy	11–18[2]	A8 49 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
Hewett Academy	11–16[2]	A8 46 2025/26[8]
Jane Austen College	11–19[2]	A8 52 2025/26[8] AL B 2024/25[9]
Notre Dame High School, Norwich	11–18[2]	A8 57 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]
Sewell Park Academy	11–16[2]	A8 38 2025/26[8]
Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form Free School	16–19[2]	AL B 2024/25[9]
The Open Academy	11–19[2]	A8 33 2025/26[8]
University Technical College Norfolk	14–19[2]	A8 50 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]

Primary schools (34)

School	Ages	Headline results
Angel Road Infant School	2–7[2]
Angel Road Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
Avenue Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[10]
Bignold Primary School and Nursery	2–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Bluebell Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Catton Grove Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 54% 2024/25[10]
Chapel Break Infant School	4–7[2]
Charles Darwin Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 81% 2024/25[10]
Clover Hill VA Infant and Nursery School	3–7[2]
Colman Infant School	5–7[2]
Colman Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
Eaton Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery	3–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
George White Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
Heartsease Primary Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 51% 2024/25[10]
Henderson Green Primary Academy	5–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[10]
Lakenham Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 45% 2024/25[10]
Lionwood Infant and Nursery School	3–7[2]
Lionwood Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 45% 2024/25[10]
Magdalen Gates Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Mile Cross Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Mousehold Infant & Nursery School	3–7[2]
Nelson Infant School	3–7[2]
Norwich Primary Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 49% 2024/25[10]
Recreation Road Infant School	5–7[2]
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
St Michael's VA Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
St. Clements Hill Primary Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 46% 2024/25[10]
The Free School Norwich	4–11[2]	KS2 46% 2024/25[10]
Tuckswood Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 43% 2024/25[10]
Valley Primary Academy	5–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Wensum Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
West Earlham Infant and Nursery School	2–7[2]
West Earlham Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 38% 2024/25[10]

Independent schools (7)

School	Ages	Headline results
Include School Norfolk	14–16[2]
Norwich High School for Girls GDST	3–19[2]	AL B+ 2024/25[9]
Norwich School	3–18[2]	AL A- 2024/25[9]
Norwich Steiner School	3–19[2]
Notre Dame Preparatory School (Norwich) Limited	2–11[2]
Nurture Education Trust	11–17[2]
Town Close Co-Educational Preparatory School	2–14[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (8)

School	Ages	Headline results
Banks House School	13–19[2]
Eaton Hall Specialist Academy	5–16[2]
Future Education	13–16[2]
Harford Manor School, Norwich	4–19[2]
Red Balloon Educational Trust-Norfolk	11–18[2]
The Clare School	3–19[2]
The Parkside School, Norwich	7–18[2]
The Wherry School	4–19[2]

Nursery schools (1)

School	Ages	Headline results
Earlham Nursery School	2–5[2]

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