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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 13 May 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 11 December 2013Graded inspection: Good · as Grove House Nursery and Infant Community School, URN 120804
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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 entry50 applications · 24 places offered · 24 named it first
- 2026 2.1; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2025 3.4; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2024 2.1; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2023 1.9; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2022 2.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2021 2.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2020 2.6; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2019 2.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2018 2.6; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2017 2.2; Norfolk median median 1.6
- 2016 2.3; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 2.7; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 2.5; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Norfolk median
Dashed bars: as Grove House Nursery and Infant Community School (URN 120804), 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 | 24 | 50 | 2.1 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 13 | 44 | 3.4 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 22 | 47 | 2.1 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 29 | 55 | 1.9 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 65 | 2.2 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2021 | 30 | 66 | 2.2 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 22 | 56 | 2.6 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 67 | 2.2 | 36 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2018 | 26 | 67 | 2.6 | 25 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 | 30 | 67 | 2.2 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2016 * | 24 | 55 | 2.3 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 80 | 2.7 | 41 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2014 * | 25 | 63 | 2.5 | 18 | 0.72 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Grove House Infant and Nursery SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20252.1applications per place
- 0.3 km · NorfolkRemains Good202454%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · NorfolkNot yet inspected1.9applications per place
- 0.9 km · NorfolkStandards maintained20251.9applications per place
- 1.4 km · NorfolkStandards maintained202559%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · NorfolkRemains Good20241.8applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · NorfolkGood20231.7applications per place
- 3.8 km · Norfolk20264.0applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
- 4.9 km · Norfolk20261.6applications per place 28%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 144314 · 926/2051
- Capacity
- 90 pupils · 83 on roll
- Free school meals
- 31.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 March 2017
- Replaced
- Grove House Nursery and Infant Community School (URN 120804)
- Address
- Gilpins Ride, Littlefields, Dereham, NR19 1BJ
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources