Dereham Church of England Infant and Nursery Academy

Academy converter·Infant school Dereham, Norfolk·NR19 1ED

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Dereham Church of England Infant and Nursery Academy 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%

50 first choices, 50 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 50 places

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02

00.511.5

1 per place

n/a2022n/a20230.9720240.9820251.002026

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

Every child who put Dereham Church of England Infant and Nursery Academy 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).

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 184
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

34.5%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

16.8%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

12.0%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

5.4%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

7.9%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

24.1%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

19.9

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,801

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Dereham Church of England Junior Academy Dereham · 0.4 mi 42.1 Scarning Voluntary Controlled Primary School Dereham · 0.9 mi 39.4 Dereham, Toftwood Community Junior School Dereham · 1.0 mi 40.7 Yaxham Church of England Primary Academy Dereham · 2.5 mi 63.4 St Mary's Community Primary School, Beetley Dereham · 2.7 mi 18.2 Swanton Morley VC Primary School Dereham · 2.9 mi 13.6 Thomas Bullock Church of England Primary and Nursery Academy Thetford · 3.9 mi 83.4 Mattishall Primary School Dereham · 4.2 mi 35.1

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

About Dereham Church of England Infant and Nursery Academy

Dereham Church of England Infant and Nursery Academy is a primary school in Dereham, Norfolk, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 184 pupils aged 3 to 7 attend the school.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Dereham Church of England Infant and Nursery Academy their first choice was offered one of its 50 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.9%. There are about 19.9 pupils per teacher. Dereham Church of England Infant and Nursery Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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.