Toftwood Infant School

Foundation school·Infant school Dereham, Norfolk·NR19 1LS

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Toftwood Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 3–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

54 first choices, 54 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 54 places

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9920221.0020230.9920240.9820251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Toftwood Infant School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Outstanding

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 224
Gender: Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

12.5%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

13.8%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

6.2%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

3.6%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.2%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

6.5%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

16.0

Typical primary: 20.7

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Dereham, Toftwood Community Junior School Dereham · 0.3 mi 40.7 Dereham Church of England Junior Academy Dereham · 0.8 mi 42.1 Scarning Voluntary Controlled Primary School Dereham · 1.6 mi 39.4 Yaxham Church of England Primary Academy Dereham · 1.8 mi 63.4 Thomas Bullock Church of England Primary and Nursery Academy Thetford · 3.0 mi 83.4 Garvestone Community Primary School Norwich · 3.0 mi 57.2 Mattishall Primary School Dereham · 3.6 mi 35.1 Swanton Morley VC Primary School Dereham · 3.8 mi 13.6

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

Toftwood Infant School at a glance

Located in Dereham, Norfolk, Toftwood Infant School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. The school educates roughly 224 pupils aged 3 to 7. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection.

Toftwood Infant School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 54 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.2%. There are about 16.0 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 12% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.