70 The Close, Norwich, Norfolk NR1 4DD
10 reasons to choose Norwich Lower School
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Norwich Lower School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 82. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Norwich and one of the 5 best primary schools for 1.5 miles.
School fundamentals
Norwich Lower School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is also a Choir School. It is a Christian school, open to all faiths and none. The school has an academically selective admissions policy. It is the junior division of Norwich School, an all-through school to age 18. Norwich Lower School fees range from £5,064 (Rec) to £7,242 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
Norwich Lower School has one class per year rising to three and an average class size of 17 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6, most Lower School pupils move up Norwich School.
The Norwich Lower School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, reasoning, French, Spanish, German. Subjects are usually taught separately, but there are cross-curricular projects from Year 3, as well as ‘topic’ for foundation subjects in Years 1 and 2. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and residential trips from Year 3.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for science and computing from Year 3.
Sport at Norwich Lower School
School offers over 15 different sports through the year, through both the curriculum and extra-curriculum. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Norwich Lower School
School educates the choristers of Norwich Cathedral. Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the co-curriculum. All pupils learn an instrument in class and three-quarters take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Four choirs (in addition to the choristers), orchestra and several instrument ensembles. Each pupil may participate in up to 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Norwich Lower School
Norwich Steiner School, Lower School (1.3 miles); Town Close School (1.3 miles); Norwich High Prep School for Girls (1.4 miles).
Trowse Primary School (1.6 miles); Alpington and Bergh Apton Church of England Primary School (6.4 miles); Buxton Primary School (8.6 miles).
Norwich School (0 miles); Norwich Steiner School (1.3 miles); Norwich High School for Girls GDST (1.4 miles).
Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form Free School (0.6 miles); Notre Dame High School, Norwich (0.8 miles); Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form (2.9 miles).