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King's Park Infant School, Dereham
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Academy
Kings Park, Dereham NR19 2AG · kingsparkinfant.org · 01362 694077
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2025
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 37
- 41% of 90 places
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 18.9%
- First language not English
- 10.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 15 families put the school first and 15 places were offered; 100% 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 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 15 | 14 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 11 March 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for King's Park Infant School, Dereham was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 11 Mar 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Sept 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Feb 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (19 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 19
- 40% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 63% who raised concerns
based on the 26% who had a child bullied