Toftwood Infant School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–7 · Dereham, Norfolk
Toftwood Infant School is a primary school in Dereham, Norfolk for ages 3–7 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 November 2023.
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Catchment area for Toftwood Infant School
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school, on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Crime, sold prices and rents, broadband and transport around the school
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Key facts
- Address
- School Lane, Toftwood, East Dereham, Dereham, NR19 1LS
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Norfolk
- Pupils on roll
- 205 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 November 2023
Strengths
- “Toftwood Infant School is an inclusive school.”
- “Staff have high expectations of all pupils.”
- “Pupils strive to meet these expectations.”
To improve
- “In a small number of foundation subjects, the curriculum is being reviewed and refined to ensure it is as clearly planned and organised as leaders intend.”
- “The planning and progression documents in these subjects are not as clear.”
- “As a result, teachers are not able to precisely teach the skills and knowledge pupils need to learn.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 54 first-preference applications, 54 offers in total, 54 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Norfolk.
- Dereham, Toftwood Community Junior School 0.1 mi Standards maintained
- Dereham Church of England Junior Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Grove House Infant and Nursery School 0.9 mi Standards maintained
- Dereham Church of England Infant and Nursery Academy 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- King's Park Infant School, Dereham 1.4 mi Standards maintained
- Scarning Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good
- Yaxham Church of England Primary Academy 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Thomas Bullock Church of England Primary and Nursery Academy 3.0 mi Improved significantly