Trowse Primary School
Pepperpot Drive, Trowse, NR14 8TU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Stuart Odell
- Constituency
- South Norfolk
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 206
- URN
- 120862
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01603622485
About this school
Trowse Primary School is a community primary school in Trowse. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 206 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 17 | 16 | 17 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 76% | 75% | 76% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 12% | 0% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 82% | 100% | 94% |
| Expected standard in maths | 88% | 88% | 76% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 88% | 88% | 94% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 110.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 108.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.50 | - | - |
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 Trowse 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 | 76% | 49.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 75% | 49.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 76% | 52.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 167 |
| 2023/24 | 182 |
| 2024/25 | 197 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Trowse Primary School compares
Trowse Primary School ranked 27th of 266 primary schools in Norfolk for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 80% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 76% | 4.3% | 21.8% | 206 | — |
| Lakenham Primary School | 45% | 5.7% | 34.2% | 419 | 0.8 miles |
| Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery | 57% | 5.8% | 47% | 216 | 1.0 miles |
| Lionwood Infant and Nursery School | — | 5.4% | 24.3% | 212 | 1.1 miles |
| Charles Darwin Primary School | 81% | 4.7% | 18.7% | 465 | 1.3 miles |
| The Free School Norwich | 46% | 5.6% | 21.1% | 180 | 1.3 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)
- 21.83%
- English as an additional language
- 1%
- Overall absence
- 4.26%
- Persistent absence
- 6.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lakenham Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Norwich
-
Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery1.0 miles
Primary · Norwich
-
Lionwood Infant and Nursery School1.1 miles
Primary · Norwich
-
Charles Darwin Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Norwich
-
The Free School Norwich1.3 miles
Primary · Norwich
Common questions
- What year groups does Trowse Primary School teach?
- Trowse Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Trowse.
- Who is the headteacher of Trowse Primary School?
- The headteacher of Trowse Primary School is Mr Stuart Odell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Trowse Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Trowse Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Trowse Primary School?
- Trowse Primary School has 206 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Trowse Primary School full?
- Trowse Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 206 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Trowse Primary School a faith school?
- No. Trowse Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Trowse Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Trowse Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Trowse Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 76% in 2022/23 and 76% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Trowse Primary School rank locally?
- Trowse Primary School ranked 27th of 266 primary schools in Norfolk for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 80% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Trowse Primary School's absence rate?
- Trowse Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Trowse Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Trowse 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 30 June 2026.