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Heacham Infant and Nursery School

PrimaryAges 3–7Academy

Heacham, PE31 7DQ · Norfolk local authority

Heacham’s School Grade C+ better than 41% of towns in England

Getting in
18/18
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
102 pupils
113% of its 90 places
Free school meals
23%
23 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Heacham Infant and Nursery School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 102 pupils for 90 places
  • Ofsted: Good, December 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (18 of 18)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (PE31 7) sold for a median £290,000; Heacham’s is £282,500
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Heacham Infant and Nursery School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

18
families put it first for September 2026
18
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2021 (5). 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. West Norfolk Academies Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Norfolk council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.50 per place
67% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Heacham Infant and Nursery
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.89 per place
100% got their first choice
0.82 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

96 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.

SEN support
20.8%England 15.3%
EHC plan
1%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
5.2%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
20%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 48%Boys 52%
Its letter

No letter for Heacham Infant and Nursery School

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

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, December 2022. Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns), October 2019.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Heacham Infant and Nursery School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in PE31 7, the school’s postcode sector

Heacham property prices →
£290,000
median sale, 396 sales in 36 months · Heacham £282,500

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K2010201520202025PE31 7Heacham
PE31 7Heacham

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£330K
Semi-detached
£260K
Terraced
£250K
Flat
£170K
PE31 7Heacham

Homes in PE31 7 sell for about the same as Heacham’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

1 state school
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB+Heacham Infant and Nursery …
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Heacham, PE31 7DQ

Heacham Infant and Nursery School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Heacham Infant and Nursery School?

For September 2026, 18 families put Heacham Infant and Nursery School first and all of them were offered a place; 18 places were offered in all.

What is Heacham Infant and Nursery School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (December 2022).

How much do houses cost near Heacham Infant and Nursery School?

Homes in its postcode sector, PE31 7, sold for a median £290,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (396 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; Heacham’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.