Cantley Primary School
School Lane, Cantley, Norwich, NR13 3SA
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by Freethorpe Community Primary and Nursery School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rosemary Maunder
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Broadland and Fakenham
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 98
- Pupils on roll
- 38
- URN
- 120797
- Local authority
- Norfolk
About this school
Cantley Primary School was a community primary school in Norwich. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 38 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Cantley Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 7 | 14 | 9 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 14% | 36% | 56% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 43% | 57% | 56% |
| Expected standard in maths | 29% | 57% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 43% | 36% | 56% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99.0 | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 100.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -6.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -6.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.10 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Cantley Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Norfolk average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 14% | 49.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 36% | 49.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 56% | 52.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 63 |
| 2023/24 | 54 |
| 2024/25 | 38 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cantley Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 21% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 56% | 7.4% | 27.8% | 38 | — |
| Freethorpe Community Primary and Nursery School | 50% | 4.5% | 15.8% | 176 | 2.1 miles |
| Lingwood Primary Academy | 81% | 4.3% | 14.3% | 208 | 2.5 miles |
| Reedham Primary School | — | 5.1% | 32.9% | 92 | 3.2 miles |
| Thurton Primary School | 40% | 4.1% | 6.7% | 110 | 3.8 miles |
| Brundall Primary School | 54% | 5.9% | 15.4% | 277 | 3.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.78%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 7.41%
- Persistent absence
- 27.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Freethorpe Community Primary and Nursery School2.1 miles
Primary · Norwich
-
Lingwood Primary Academy2.5 miles
Primary · Lingwood
-
Reedham Primary School3.2 miles
Primary · Norwich
-
Thurton Primary School3.8 miles
Primary · Norwich
-
Brundall Primary School3.9 miles
Primary · Norwich
Other schools in Norwich
- Acle Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Aldborough Primary School Primary
- Alpington and Bergh Apton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Angel Road Infant School Primary
- Angel Road Junior School Primary
- Antingham and Southrepps Primary School Primary
- Arden Grove Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Aslacton Primary School Primary
- Avenue Junior School Primary
- Bacton Primary School Primary
- Banham Primary School Primary
- Barford Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Cantley Primary School teach?
- Cantley Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Norwich.
- Has Cantley Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Cantley Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Cantley Primary School?
- Cantley Primary School had 38 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Cantley Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 14% in 2022/23 and 56% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Cantley Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cantley Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 August 2025.