Grove House Infant and Nursery School
Grove House Infant and Nursery School is a converter academy in Dereham for boys and girls aged 3 to 7. It has 83 pupils and room for 90. About 32 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit more than at most schools.
Gilpins Ride, Littlefields, Dereham, NR19 1BJ01362 694379grovehouseinfant.orgMrs Samantha Barnard headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
About 11 places were empty, so most families who apply get in, though a popular year group can still fill up. Pupil numbers have stayed about the same since 2021/22.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Norfolk council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (7), Autistic spectrum disorder (3), Physical disability (2), emotional and mental health (2), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 83 | 85 | 99 | 92 | 94 | 95 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 30% | 33% | 26% | 22% | 22% | 30% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 8% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 11% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 13% | 9% | 12% | 6% | 8% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 5% | 5% | 1% | 0% | 0% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.7% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2018/19 | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 4.3% | 5.9% | 6.4% | 7.0% | 3.3% | 3.9% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 3.3% | 4.7% | 5.2% | 6.0% | 2.4% | 3.1% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 0.8% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 7.0% | 15.0% | 15.4% | 28.9% | 6.6% | 5.4% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 1.1 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dereham Church of England Junior Academy | Academy | 300 m | 365 | Good 2024 | 29 | Compare |
| Dereham Church of England Infant and Nursery Academy | Academy | 510 m | 180 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| King's Park Infant School, Dereham | Academy | 920 m | 37 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Dereham, Toftwood Community Junior School | Council | 0.9 miles | 321 | Good 2020 | 23 | Compare |
| Scarning Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Voluntary | 0.9 miles | 415 | Good 2024 | 34 | Compare |
| Toftwood Infant School | Foundation | 0.9 miles | 205 | Good 2023 | 49 | Compare |
| Yaxham Church of England Primary Academy | Academy | 2.4 miles | 67 | Good 2023 | 54 | Compare |
| St Mary's Community Primary School, Beetley | Council | 3.0 miles | 156 | Requires improvement 2023 | 4 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Grove House Infant and Nursery School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Grove House Infant and Nursery School yet.
How many pupils does Grove House Infant and Nursery School have?
83 pupils aged 3 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 90 places, so it is 92% full.
Is Grove House Infant and Nursery School oversubscribed?
Probably not. 11 places were empty in 2024/25 (12% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at Grove House Infant and Nursery School?
Pupils were in school 95.7% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 7% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Grove House Infant and Nursery School?
The average class had 20.8 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Gilpins Ride, Littlefields, Dereham, NR19 1BJ
- Telephone
- 01362 694379
- Website
- www.grovehouseinfant.org
- Headteacher
- Mrs Samantha Barnard
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 3-7, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Unity Education Trust (15 schools)
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Ward
- Dereham Withburga
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 March 2017 (academy converter)
- URN
- 144314 · LAESTAB 9262051 · UKPRN 10062861
- Formerly
- Grove House Nursery and Infant Community School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.