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Dereham Church of England Infant and Nursery Academy

Primary school · Academy converter · ages 3 to 7 · Mixed

St Withburga Lane, Dereham, NR19 1ED

  • Pupils180
  • Ages3 to 7
  • Latest Ofsted–
  • FundingState-funded

Ofsted inspections

Ofsted’s data has no published inspection for this school yet. New schools, and schools that have reopened under a new reference number (for example on becoming an academy), may not have been inspected in their current form.

Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at the date in About the data). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.

Results

No results for this school are in the performance tables we use. Results are published for schools with pupils at the end of Year 6, Year 11 or 16 to 18 study, and figures are hidden when very few pupils are involved.

Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.

Pupils and attendance

Pupils
180 (capacity 180)
100 girls, 80 boys
Eligible for free school meals
25.2% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)

Pupils with SEN support

Special educational needs, without an education, health and care (EHC) plan.

2024/25

This school
12%

Pupils with an EHC plan

An education, health and care plan sets out the support a child must get.

2024/25

This school
5.4%

Eligible for free school meals at any time in the last 6 years

2024/25

This school
34.5%

First language not English

This is not a measure of how well pupils speak English.

2024/25

This school
16.8%

Attendance

Overall absence

The share of possible mornings and afternoons missed, for any reason (authorised or not).

2024/25

This school
5.6%

Persistent absence

Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions.

2024/25

This school
17%

How absence is measured

Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.

About the school

Type
Academy converter (Academies)
Phase
Primary
Trust
THE DIOCESE OF NORWICH EDUCATION AND ACADEMIES TRUST
Sponsor
The Diocese of Norwich Education and Academies Trust
Boys, girls or mixed
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Diocese
Diocese of Norwich
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Opened
1 November 2023
Local authority
Norfolk
Parliamentary constituency
Mid Norfolk
URN
149879 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)

Source: Get Information about Schools (Department for Education). See the full record (opens in a new tab).

Admissions

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