Toftwood Infant School
Ofsted: GoodFoundation school · Primary
Dereham · NR19 1LS · Norfolk
Ages 3–7
- Absence4.2%
- FSM8.8%
- Demand0.99
3.0 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 141192
Thomas Bullock Church of England Primary and Nursery Academy
Academy sponsor led · Thetford · IP25 7LF
Ages 2–11 · 229 pupils · Norfolk
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
85%
Overall absence
4.6%
Admissions demand
0.96 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2020-01-08
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)85%
Higher standard (RWM)11%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 111.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 111.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 109.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)9.6%
Unauthorised1.4%
- Authorised absence
- 3.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 177
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.96 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
22
Places offered
23
1st-preference offers
22
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 33
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 23
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill97%
229 pupils · 236 places
- Pupils on roll
- 229
- Boys / girls
- 125 / 104
- School capacity
- 236
- Capacity fill
- 229 / 236 (97%)
- Free school meals
- 12.7%
- FSM pupils
- 26
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Religious ethos
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Norwich
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE DIOCESE OF NORWICH EDUCATION AND ACADEMIES TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE DIOCESE OF NORWICH EDUCATION AND ACADEMIES TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Diocese of Norwich Education and Academies Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Shannon O'Sullivan
Location
- Address
- Pound Green, Shipdham
- Postcode
- IP25 7LF
- Town
- Thetford
- County
- Norfolk
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- District
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (primary), Ages 2–11, in Thetford, Norfolk, 229 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 12.7%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Norwich.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Shannon O'Sullivan
- Telephone
- 01362820300