Dereham Church of England Infant and Nursery Academy
Dereham, NR19 1ED · Norfolk local authority
Dereham’s School Grade C− better than 22% of towns in England
What stands out about Dereham Church of England Infant and Nursery Academy
- No letter for this school: the reason is below.
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (50 of 50)
- Homes in its postcode sector (NR19 1) sold for a median £235,000; Dereham’s is £237,500
How hard is it to get a place at Dereham Church of England Infant and Nursery Academy?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. The Diocese of Norwich Education and Academies Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Norfolk council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places
100% got their first choice
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025184 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
No letter for Dereham Church of England Infant and Nursery Academy
An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.
Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Not inspected yet (a new school, or one that changed status recently).
Living near Dereham Church of England Infant and Nursery Academy
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in NR19 1, the school’s postcode sector
Dereham property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in NR19 1 sell for about the same as Dereham’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
8 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Dereham, NR19 1ED
Dereham Church of England Infant and Nursery Academy: common questions
How hard is it to get into Dereham Church of England Infant and Nursery Academy?
For September 2026, 50 families put Dereham Church of England Infant and Nursery Academy first and all of them were offered a place; 50 places were offered in all.
How much do houses cost near Dereham Church of England Infant and Nursery Academy?
Homes in its postcode sector, NR19 1, sold for a median £235,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (525 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Dereham’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.