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Fred Nicholson School

Special school in Dereham NR19 1JB

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  • School Reference Number: 121256
  • Address: Westfield Road, Toftwood, Dereham NR19 1JB
  • Headteacher: Mrs Heidi Philpott
  • Telephone: 01362 693915
  • Website: frednicholson.norfolk.sch.uk
  • Type: Special schools
  • Sub-Type: Foundation special school
  • Phase: Not applicable
  • Pupil Capacity: 174
  • Local Education Authority: Norfolk
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 3 to 19
  • Admissions Policy: Not applicable
  • Active From: January 1900*

* Active From and To dates don't necessarily mean that a school opened or closed on those dates. Schools are allocated a new Reference Number when they change status in any way, for example when a local authority school converts to an academy or when schools are combined or merged.

Further Information

Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 10/12/2014

Rating published on 13/01/2015

Overall effectiveness: Good

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good

All Ofsted Reports

Inspection DatePublication DateInspection TypeRatingPDF Link
8 December 2020 14 January 2021 Monitoring visit
6 November 2019 28 November 2019 School inspection
10 December 2014 13 January 2015 Full inspection Good
4 July 2012 7 September 2012 Full inspection Good
23 March 2010 12 June 2010 Curriculum and development visit
27 January 2009 25 February 2009 Full inspection Good
11 December 2007 7 January 2008 Monitoring visit
14 June 2006 6 July 2006 Full inspection Satisfactory
20 March 2000 22 June 2000 Full inspection

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Unique Reference Number121256
Local Authority Code926
Local Authority NameNorfolk
Establishment Number7004
School / College NameFred Nicholson School
Establishment Type Code12
Establishment typeFoundation special school
Establishment Type Group Code5
Establishment Type GroupSpecial schools
Establishment Status Code1
Establishment statusOpen
Reason Establishment Opened Code00
Reason establishment openedNot applicable
Open date01-01-1900
Reason Establishment Closed Code99
Reason establishment closed
Close date
Phase Of Education Code 0
Phase of educationNot applicable
Age range Low3
Age range High19
Boarders Code1
BoardersNo boarders
Nursery provisionNo Nursery Classes
Official Sixth Form Code1
Official sixth formHas a sixth form
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code00
Religious characterDoes not apply
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Diocese Code0000
DioceseNot applicable
Admissions Policy Code0
Admissons policyNot applicable
School capacity174
Special Classes Code1
Special classesHas Special Classes
Census Date18-01-2024
Number of Pupils191
Number of Boys117
Number of Girls74
Percentage Free School Meals51.90
Trust School Flag Code2
Trust School Flag Not supported by a trust
Trusts Code
Academy trust or Trust
School Sponsor FlagNot applicable
Academy sponsor
Federation FlagNot under a federation
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10015370
FEHE Identifier
Further education typeNot applicable
Last Changed Date15-10-2024
StreetWestfield Road
LocalityToftwood
Address3
TownDereham
County (name)Norfolk
PostcodeNR19 1JB
Websitehttp://www.frednicholson.norfolk.sch.uk
Telephone01362693915
Headteacher/Principal titleMrs
Headteacher/Principal first nameHeidi
Headteacher/Principal last namePhilpott
Headteacher/Principal Job TitleHeadteacher
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionNot applicable
Teenage mothers capacity
Childcare facilities provisionNot applicable
SEN facilitiesNot applicable
Pupils with EBDNot applicable
Number of places
Full time provision
Pupils educated by other providersNot applicable
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provisionResourced provision and SEN unit
Resourced provision number on roll0
Resourced provision capacity0
SEN unit number on roll19
SEN unit capacity19
Government Office Region CodeG
Government Office RegionEast of England
District CodeE07000143
DistrictBreckland
Ward CodeE05010243
WardDereham Toftwood
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001365
Parliamentary ConstituencyMid Norfolk
Urban/Rural CodeC1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Urban city and town
GSS LA CodeE10000020
Easting599166
Northing311528
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)Breckland 005
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)Breckland 005C
Inspectorate Name
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code999
Previous local authority
Previous establishment number
Country
UPRN100091551688
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02005507
LSOA CodeE01026427
Free School Meals95
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN121256
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/121256
LAESTAB9267004
School nameFred Nicholson School
Ofsted phaseSpecial
Type of educationFoundation Special School
School open date01/01/1900
Admissions policyNot applicable
Sixth formHas a sixth form
Designated religious characterDoes not apply
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Faith groupingNon-faith
Ofsted regionEast of England
RegionEast of England
Local authorityNorfolk
Parliamentary constituencyMid Norfolk
Multi-academy trust UIDN/A
Multi-academy trust nameN/A
Academy sponsor UIDN/A
Academy sponsor nameN/A
PostcodeNR19 1JB
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile3
Total number of pupils191
Statutory lowest age3
Statutory highest age19
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspection10054447
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of the ungraded inspection121256
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspection9267004
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionFred Nicholson School
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionFoundation Special School
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspection1
Date of latest ungraded inspection07/11/2019
Ungraded inspection publication date27/11/2019
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?No
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeSchool remains Good
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspection1
Inspection number of latest graded inspectionITS447963
Inspection typeS5 Inspection
Inspection type groupingS5 Inspection
Event type groupingSchools - S5
Inspection start date10/12/2014
Publication date13/01/2015
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of latest graded inspection121256
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection9267004
School name at time of latest graded inspectionFred Nicholson School
School type at time of latest graded inspectionFoundation Special School
Current school type used for chart C6Maintained school
Overall effectivenessGood
Category of concernN/A
Quality of educationN/A
Behaviour and attitudesN/A
Personal developmentN/A
Effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Safeguarding is effective?N/A
Early years provisionN/A
Sixth form provisionN/A
Previous inspection numberITS380192
Previous inspection start date04/07/2012
Previous publication date07/09/2012
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of previous graded inspection121256
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspection9267004
School name at time of previous graded inspectionFred Nicholson School
School type at time of previous graded inspectionFoundation Special School
Previous graded inspection overall effectiveness2
Previous category of concernN/A
Previous quality of educationN/A
Previous behaviour and attitudesN/A
Previous personal developmentN/A
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Previous safeguarding is effective?N/A
Previous early years provision
Previous sixth form provisionN/A

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