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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 2 April 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 26 February 2020Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry77 applications · 67 places offered · 67 named it first
- 2026 1.2; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2025 1.2; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2024 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2023 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2022 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2021 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2020 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2019 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2018 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2017 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.6
- 2016 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Norfolk median
Dashed bars: as Watton Westfield Infant and Nursery School (URN 120996), the previous school.
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 67 | 77 | 1.2 | 67 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 56 | 66 | 1.2 | 55 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 63 | 74 | 1.2 | 61 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 74 | 86 | 1.2 | 70 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2022 | 80 | 97 | 1.2 | 77 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2021 | 83 | 87 | 1.1 | 79 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 | 67 | 75 | 1.1 | 67 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 77 | 92 | 1.2 | 75 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 | 78 | 89 | 1.1 | 77 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2017 | 74 | 81 | 1.1 | 74 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 77 | 85 | 1.1 | 77 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 72 | 76 | 1.1 | 64 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2014 * | 90 | 105 | 1.2 | 88 | 0.98 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Watton Westfield Infant and Nursery SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20251.2applications per place
- 0.3 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade202531%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · NorfolkGood20232.2applications per place 25%met the SATs standard
- 4.1 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 4.1 km · NorfolkStandards maintained20251.7applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 4.6 km · NorfolkGood20232.7applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 4.6 km · NorfolkGood20232.0applications per place
- 8.6 km · Norfolk20262.3applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 8.7 km · NorfolkImproved significantly20251.2applications per place 96%met the SATs standard
- 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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 143956 · 926/2151
- Trust
- Clarion Corvus Trust
- Capacity
- 324 pupils · 261 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 March 2017
- Replaced
- Watton Westfield Infant and Nursery School (URN 120996)
- Address
- West Road, Watton, West Road, Thetford, IP25 6AU
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources