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South Wootton Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Community school
9 Church Lane, South Wootton, King's Lynn PE30 3LJ · southwoottonfederation.norfolk.sch.uk · 01553 671552
On the mapSearch near PE30 3LJ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Mar 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 156
- 87% of 180 places
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 9.6%
- First language not English
- 12.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 44 families put the school first and 42 places were offered; 86% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 42 | 44 | 1▲ | 86% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 41 | 40 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 49 | 49 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 64 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 54 | 54 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected South Wootton Infant School on 24 March 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
- Inspected
- 24 Mar 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Mar 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (34 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Positive
- 87%
- Replies
- 34
- 21% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on 6 parents (18%) whose child was bullied
based on 2 parents (6%) with SEND