Visiting Teacher Service North, North Walsham
Visiting Teacher Service North is an all-through school for pupils aged 5 to 18 in North Walsham.
Data last updated 27 Oct 2026
Visiting Teacher Service North in detail
Getting a place at Visiting Teacher Service North
Across Norfolk, 94% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 98% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Norfolk lodged 170 appeals against secondary school offers; 102 reached a hearing and 39 succeeded (38.2% of those heard).
Getting there
The nearest railway station is North Walsham Rail Station, about 430 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Car Park (adjacent), 140 metres away.
The area around the school
In August 2026, police recorded 70 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Norfolk (28), as is usual near a town centre.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Visiting Teacher Service North are North Walsham Infant School (0.4 miles), North Walsham Junior School (0.4 miles) and Millfield Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.
North Walsham Infant SchoolNorth Walsham Junior SchoolMillfield Primary School
Sources: DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
No inspection data available
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 1 nearby all-through school
Keep up with Visiting Teacher Service North
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 29
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 13
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 29 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 13 serious and 16 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
7 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Norfolk is 4 (the median across 462 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - North Walsham
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for North Walsham
Across Norfolk council
Places available
9,559
Applications
8,625
Got 1st preference
94.1%
Got preferred school
98.3%
All secondary applications across Norfolk council (2026/27), not just this school.
Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Visiting Teacher Service North
Questions parents ask about Visiting Teacher Service North
What is the catchment area for Visiting Teacher Service North?
No fixed boundary. When Visiting Teacher Service North is oversubscribed, Norfolk allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to Visiting Teacher Service North?
Apply through Norfolk's coordinated admissions process, naming Visiting Teacher Service North on your application. The national closing date in England is 31 October for secondary places and 15 January for primary places, in the year before your child starts.
How many road collisions happen near Visiting Teacher Service North?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 29 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 13 serious and 16 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 7 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Norfolk is 4 (the median across 462 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Visiting Teacher Service North?
Visiting Teacher Service North is at Education Services Centre, Market Street, North Walsham, Norfolk, NR28 9BZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)