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Watton Westfield Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–7 · Sponsored academy
West Road, Watton, West Road, Thetford IP25 6AU · wattonwestfieldandjunior.org.uk · 01953 882669
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2020
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 261
- 81% of 324 places
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 23.2%
- First language not English
- 48.3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Clarion Corvus Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 67 families put the school first and 67 places were offered; 99% 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 | 67 | 67 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 56 | 55 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 63 | 61 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 74 | 70 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 80 | 77 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Watton Westfield Infant and Nursery School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 26 February 2020, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Apr 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 1 Apr 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2020
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 120996), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2020Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2016Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120996)
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (37 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 37
- 14% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 65% who raised concerns
based on the 24% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (30%) with SEND