Recreation Road Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–7 · Norwich, Norfolk
Recreation Road Infant School is a primary school in Norwich, Norfolk for ages 5–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 March 2025.
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Catchment area for Recreation Road Infant School
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school, on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Crime, sold prices and rents, broadband and transport around the school
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Key facts
- Address
- Recreation Road, Norwich, NR2 3PA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Council
- Norfolk
- Pupils on roll
- 328 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 March 2025
Strengths
- “Everybody is welcome at this inclusive and caring school.”
- “Pupils are happy and feel safe here.”
- “They are positive about their school.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, staff have not identified the essential knowledge they want pupils to know and remember.”
- “Consequently, pupils can struggle to recall their previous learning.”
- “Some pupils can find it difficult to build on what they have previously learned.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 April 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 98 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 85 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Norfolk.
- Avenue Junior School 0.2 mi Standards maintained
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
- Colman Infant School 0.6 mi Not judged
- Colman Junior School 0.6 mi Not judged
- Nelson Infant School 0.6 mi Good
- Wensum Junior School 0.7 mi Requires improvement
- Bignold Primary School and Nursery 0.8 mi Good
- Bluebell Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained