Hickling CofE Infants Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Mixed · Norfolk
The Street, Norwich, NR12 0XX
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
96.2%
0.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
11
Capacity used
Has space24%
45 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
5 of 5 families who put it first got an offer
5
Places offered
7
Total applications
1.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 5 | 5 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 1 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 3rd preference | 1 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 7 | 5 | 71% |
Norfolk lets families list 4 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Natalie Butcher
- Address
- The Street, Hickling, Norwich, NR12 0XX
- Phone
- 01692598355
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Ward / constituency
- Hickling · North Norfolk
- Area
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 150249
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 14% | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | — | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE DIOCESE OF NORWICH ST BENET'S MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
11 pupils · 45 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
14 March 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 15 pupils
Attendance
96.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
3.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
0.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.3%
Absences the school didn't approve
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.