Watton Westfield Infant and Nursery School

Academy sponsor led·Infant school Thetford, Norfolk·IP25 6AU

School type

Infant school

Ages 2–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Watton Westfield Infant and Nursery School is an infant school for pupils aged 2–7. 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

98%

67 first choices, 67 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 67 places

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9620220.9520230.9720240.9820251.002026

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

Norfolk does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Watton Westfield Infant and Nursery School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this 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

Good

School profile

Age range: 2–7
Pupils on roll: 273
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

24.3%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

45.4%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

9.9%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

5.1%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

6.7%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

19.8%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

21.3

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,407

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Watton Junior School Thetford · 0.3 mi 21.3 Parker's Church of England Primary Academy Thetford · 1.4 mi 16.2 Thompson Primary School Thetford · 2.4 mi 37.1 St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary Academy & Nursery Thetford · 2.5 mi 38.5 Ashill Voluntary Controlled Primary School Thetford · 2.9 mi 48.4 Rocklands Community Primary School Attleborough · 5.4 mi 67.7 Great Hockham Primary School and Nursery Thetford · 5.4 mi 42.2 Thomas Bullock Church of England Primary and Nursery Academy Thetford · 5.4 mi 83.4

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

School overview

Watton Westfield Infant and Nursery School is a primary school serving Thetford, Norfolk, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 273 pupils aged 2 to 7 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Watton Westfield Infant and Nursery School 'Good'.

98% of the families who made Watton Westfield Infant and Nursery School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 6.7%. There are about 21.3 pupils per teacher. 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.