Schools in Dereham
Dereham is a mid-Norfolk market town served by 19 schools: 16 primaries across the town and surrounding villages, plus 2 secondaries - Northgate High School and Dereham Neatherd High School. Admissions are co-ordinated by Norfolk County Council, with secondary catchment boundaries defined to map broadly onto the two schools' intake areas.
Seven schools carry a religious character, including several Church of England voluntary controlled primaries in the villages around Dereham. Seven schools currently hold a Good or Outstanding Ofsted rating. Three primaries are at or above their admission number, making address a decisive factor when places run short. Families should check their postcode against the relevant school's catchment boundary and submit Norfolk's co-ordinated application by mid-January for September entry.
School demand in Dereham
Across the 19 schools in Dereham with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 81%. 3 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
7 schools in Dereham have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
13 of the schools in Dereham are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Norfolk, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
9 of the schools in Dereham have a current Ofsted rating, of which 7 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Dereham: 1 oversubscribed (16)
Dereham, Toftwood Community Junior School
Primary · Community school
Dereham · NR19 1JB
St Mary's Community Primary School, Beetley
Primary · Community school
Dereham · NR20 4BW
Scarning Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Dereham · NR19 2PW
Swanton Morley VC Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Dereham · NR20 4PX
Toftwood Infant School
Primary · Foundation school
Dereham · NR19 1LS
Dereham Church of England Junior Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Dereham · NR19 1BJ
Hockering Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Dereham · NR20 3HN
Bawdeswell Community Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Dereham · NR20 4RR
King's Park Infant School, Dereham
Primary · Academy converter
Dereham · NR19 2AG
Grove House Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter
Dereham · NR19 1BJ
Mattishall Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Dereham · NR20 3AA
Foulsham Primary School Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Dereham · NR20 5RT
Brisley Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Dereham · NR20 5LH
Yaxham Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Dereham · NR19 1RU
Dereham Church of England Infant and Nursery Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Dereham · NR19 1ED
North Elmham Church of England Primary Academy & Nursery
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Dereham · NR20 5JS
Secondary Schools in Dereham (2)
Other Schools in Dereham (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Dereham are set by Norfolk and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.