Graded inspection · May 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Norfolk
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 20 May 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 2 December 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry25 applications · 11 places offered · 9 named it first
- 2026 2.3; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2025 2.0; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2024 1.9; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2023 2.6; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2022 2.5; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2021 2.5; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2020 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2019 2.9; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2018 1.9; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2017 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.6
- 2016 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.8; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 3.2; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Norfolk median
Dashed bars: as Thompson Primary School (URN 120857), the previous school.
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 11 | 25 | 2.3 | 9 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2025 | 15 | 30 | 2.0 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 13 | 25 | 1.9 | 12 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2023 | 14 | 37 | 2.6 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 13 | 32 | 2.5 | 11 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2021 | 10 | 25 | 2.5 | 7 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2020 | 15 | 21 | 1.4 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 14 | 40 | 2.9 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 15 | 28 | 1.9 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 15 | 26 | 1.7 | 14 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 * | 12 | 18 | 1.5 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 10 | 18 | 1.8 | 9 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2014 * | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 4 | 0.80 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 100% · Writing 57% · Maths 100% → all three 57% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Norfolk median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 57% | 0% | 108 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 38% | 0% | 104 | 100 |
| 2022/23 | 71% | 0% | 105 | 102 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Thompson Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 3.3 km · NorfolkGood20232.0applications per place
- 4.1 km · NorfolkStandards maintained20251.2applications per place
- 4.3 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade202531%met the SATs standard
- 4.7 km · Norfolk20262.3applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 6.1 km · NorfolkGood20232.2applications per place 25%met the SATs standard
- 6.2 km · NorfolkStandards maintained20251.7applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 6.8 km · NorfolkGood20232.2applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 8.5 km · NorfolkGood20232.7applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 144147 · 926/5218
- Trust
- Co-Operative Education East
- Capacity
- 105 pupils · 93 on roll
- Free school meals
- 8.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 July 2017
- Replaced
- Thompson Primary School (URN 120857)
- Address
- School Road, Thompson, Thetford, IP24 1PY
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources