Toftwood Infant School
Primary · Dereham · NR19 1LS
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 28 November 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
205 pupils · 76% of 270 capacity
- School type
- Foundation school
- Age range
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 8.8% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 13.8% of pupils
- SEN support
- 6.2% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 3.6% of pupils
- Website
- toftwoodfederation.co.uk
- URN
- 121206
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place54 places offered · 54 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
74% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% moved to another state school · 19% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 28 November 2023: Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.