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Colman Infant School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs Catherine Wright

location_onNorwich, NR4 7AW

language Visit Website phone 1603491010

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Ofsted

Outstanding

Inspected 2014

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Students

168

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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Colman Infant School is a Community school primary school in Norwich, serving ages 5-7. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted — the highest possible grade.

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School Summary

Colman Infant School is a community school in Norwich, Norfolk, admitting pupils aged 5-7. The school has approximately 168 pupils on roll.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2014. The school's current overall rating is Outstanding.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 17.8:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 37.5%.

In the 2023/24 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 1.5 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

No digital report timeline available.

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2014-04-01

S5 Inspection EIF

Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

2009-05-11

None EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.6%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.6%(1 pupils)

Summer term 2024

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.063% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2024, this school served a headcount of 164 pupils. During this period, there were 1 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.6%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

View Historical Disciplinary Records (2017–2025)keyboard_arrow_down

Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2023/24 (Summer term)	164	1	0.6%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	162	4	2.5%	0.7%
2022/23 (Summer term)	167	0	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	168	2	1.2%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	162	2	1.2%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	167	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	164	1	0.6%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	166	0	0.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	176	0	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	175	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	177	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	174	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	174	4	2.3%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	173	6	3.5%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	181	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	179	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	178	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	180	2	1.1%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	179	0	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	180	0	0.0%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	180	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	182	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	182	0	0.0%	0.5%