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Recreation Road Infant School

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personMr Michael Bunting

location_onNorwich, NR2 3PA

language Visit Website phone 1603457120

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Ofsted

Outstanding

Inspected 2025

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Students

350

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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Recreation Road 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

Recreation Road Infant School is a community school in Norwich, Norfolk, admitting pupils aged 5-7. The school has approximately 330 pupils on roll, of whom 7% are eligible for free school meals.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2025. The school's current overall rating is Outstanding. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Good, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Good, and leadership and management Good.

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

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 20.6:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 1.7 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

11 March 2025

Inspection Report

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08 October 2014

Inspection Report

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14 May 2009

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2025-03-11

S5 Inspection EIF

Not Judged

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Why no overall grade?

From autumn 2024, Ofsted stopped issuing a single headline grade (Outstanding / Good / RI / Inadequate). Instead, each inspection area is graded individually. This follows a major review after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023. The overall effectiveness field is left as "Not judged" in the published data.

Education

Good

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Good

2014-10-08

S8 No Formal Designation Visit EIF

Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

2009-05-14

None EIF

Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

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

1.2%per term

warning Above Average

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

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.9%(3 pupils)

Spring term 2025

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

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 330 pupils. During this period, there were 4 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 1.2%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	330	4	1.2%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	334	7	2.1%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	339	3	0.9%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	339	0	0.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	337	1	0.3%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	351	0	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	350	2	0.6%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	345	0	0.0%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	342	1	0.3%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	341	1	0.3%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	339	2	0.6%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	331	1	0.3%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	334	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	341	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	354	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	354	2	0.6%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	355	0	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	354	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	351	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	353	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	358	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	358	0	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	356	0	0.0%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	357	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	358	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	358	0	0.0%	0.5%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 21 pupils

Speech, Language & Communication 14 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 2 pupils

Visual Impairment 2 pupils

Hearing Impairment 1 pupils

Physical Disability 1 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 1 pupils