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Toftwood Infant School

  • 3–7Ages
  • 205Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 121206URN

School Lane, Toftwood, East Dereham, Dereham, NR19 1LS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.7per place
0.3 below Norfolk median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Norfolk

91 applications for 54 places · 112th of 180 in Norfolk

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 28 November 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.7applications per place, Reception
0.3 below Norfolk median (2.0) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

91 applications · 54 places offered · 54 named it first

  1. 2026 1.7; Norfolk median median 2.0
  2. 2025 1.5; Norfolk median median 2.0
  3. 2024 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
  4. 2023 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
  5. 2022 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.7
  9. 2018 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.7
  10. 2017 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.6
  11. 2016 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.6
  12. 2015 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.7
  13. 2014 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Norfolk median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Norfolk median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202654911.7541.00
Sep 202562951.5610.98
Sep 202472971.4710.99
Sep 202357801.4571.00
Sep 2022811101.4800.99
Sep 2021741041.4730.99
Sep 2020821051.3810.99
Sep 2019871281.5860.99
Sep 201877981.3750.97
Sep 2017901181.3840.93
Sep 2016791051.3760.96
Sep 2015901131.3991.10
Sep 2014901061.2921.02

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Foundation school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
121206 · 926/5216
Capacity
270 pupils · 205 on roll
Free school meals
8.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
School Lane, Toftwood, East Dereham, Dereham, NR19 1LS
Local authority
Norfolk · Breckland

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources