Arden Grove Infant and Nursery School
General Information
- Address: Arden Grove, Hellesdon, Norwich, NR6 6QA – View on map
- Phone: 01603404553
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Waterfield
- Age range: 3-7 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 55 families put it first for 57 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 8
- % eligible for free school meals: 4.6%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the Broadland average)
- English as an additional language: 5% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 9.3% a year (Broadland 14.1%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 19% moved to another school, 81% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Norfolk: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 26 (0.4 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 12 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 5 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Norfolk (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 5.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 12.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for Social, emotional and mental health 16 places · 9 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 9.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,564 (2024-25)
3rd of 10 infant schools in Broadland for spending per pupil
- #1Heather Avenue Infant School£13,763
- #2Sprowston Infant School£11,837
- #3Arden Grove Infant and Nursery School£8,564
- #4Cecil Gowing Infant School£6,931
- #5Spixworth Infant School£6,657
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