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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Not yet inspected under its current URN (since Nov 2023)
- Before: Dereham Church of England Infant & Nursery School URN 121195 Good2015
For Ofsted a new URN is a new school: earlier results are the previous school's, shown as such. New schools are usually first inspected in their third year.
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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 entry95 applications · 50 places offered · 50 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.9; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2025 2.1; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2024 1.9; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2023 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2022 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2021 2.1; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2020 2.0; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2019 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2018 2.0; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2017 1.9; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2016 1.9; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Norfolk median
Dashed bars: as Dereham Church of England Infant & Nursery School (URN 121195), 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 | 50 | 95 | 1.9 | 50 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 49 | 103 | 2.1 | 48 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 37 | 71 | 1.9 | 36 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 * | 43 | 72 | 1.7 | 43 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 48 | 75 | 1.6 | 45 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2021 * | 46 | 97 | 2.1 | 46 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 43 | 84 | 2.0 | 42 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 * | 58 | 93 | 1.6 | 43 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2018 * | 50 | 101 | 2.0 | 48 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 * | 60 | 114 | 1.9 | 64 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2016 * | 53 | 99 | 1.9 | 50 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2015 * | 60 | 89 | 1.5 | 55 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2014 * | 60 | 101 | 1.7 | 56 | 0.93 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Dereham Church of England Infant and Nursery AcademyThis schoolThis schoolNot yet inspected1.9applications per place
- 0.5 km · NorfolkStandards maintained20252.1applications per place
- 0.5 km · NorfolkStandards maintained20251.9applications per place
- 0.7 km · NorfolkRemains Good202454%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · NorfolkRemains Good20241.8applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · NorfolkStandards maintained202559%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · NorfolkGood20231.7applications per place
- 4.1 km · Norfolk20264.0applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
- 4.4 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
- 149879 · 926/5205
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 180 pupils · 180 on roll
- Free school meals
- 25.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 November 2023
- Replaced
- Dereham Church of England Infant & Nursery School (URN 121195)
- Address
- St Withburga Lane, Dereham, NR19 1ED
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources