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Cringleford Prep

PrimaryAges 4–11Free school

Colney, NR4 7FU · Norfolk local authority

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Getting in
42/42
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
52 pupils
12% of its 420 places
Free school meals
4%
4 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Cringleford Prep

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 52 pupils for 420 places
  • 4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (42 of 42)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (NR4 7) sold for a median £340,000; Colney’s is £404,502
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Cringleford Prep?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

42
families put it first for September 2026
48
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Inspiration Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Norfolk council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.25 per place
77% got their first choice
1.12 per place
84% got their first choice
1.10 per place
91% got their first choice
Cringleford Prep
0.88 per place
100% got their first choice
0.86 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

23 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
4.4%England 15.3%
EHC plan
4.4%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
13%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
13%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 57%Boys 43%
Its letter

No letter for Cringleford Prep

No published results for this school: a new school, or a cohort small enough for DfE to suppress. No results, no letter.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Not inspected yet (a new school, or one that changed status recently).

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Cringleford Prep

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in NR4 7, the school’s postcode sector

Colney property prices →
£340,000
median sale, 568 sales in 36 months · Colney £404,502

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K2010201520202025NR4 7
NR4 7Colney

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£477K
Semi-detached
£325K
Terraced
£278K
Flat
£188K
NR4 7Colney

Homes in NR4 7 sell for well under Colney’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

9 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB+DDADBC−DCringleford Prep
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Colney, NR4 7FU

Cringleford Prep: common questions

How hard is it to get into Cringleford Prep?

For September 2026, 42 families put Cringleford Prep first and all of them were offered a place; 48 places were offered in all.

How much do houses cost near Cringleford Prep?

Homes in its postcode sector, NR4 7, sold for a median £340,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (568 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Colney’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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