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Raleigh Infant Academy

  • 3–7Ages
  • 143Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 146084URN

Admirals Way, Thetford, IP24 2JT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
0.2 above Norfolk median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Norfolk

80 applications for 36 places · 45th of 180 in Norfolk
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 27 September 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.2applications per place, Reception
0.2 above Norfolk median (2.0) close to England median (2.2)

80 applications · 36 places offered · 31 named it first

  1. 2026 2.2; Norfolk median median 2.0
  2. 2025 2.2; Norfolk median median 2.0
  3. 2024 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.7
  4. 2023 2.0; Norfolk median median 1.7
  5. 2022 1.8; Norfolk median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.7
  9. 2018 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Norfolk median

Dashed bars: as Raleigh Infant School and Nursery (URN 120993), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202636802.2310.86
Sep 202541902.2360.88
Sep 202454791.5390.72
Sep 202333652.0270.82
Sep 202240701.8350.88
Sep 202154901.7450.83
Sep 202057901.6420.74
Sep 201953831.6380.72
Sep 2018 *761141.5590.78
Sep 2017 *731201.6710.97
Sep 2016 *901451.6710.79
Sep 2015 *901341.5660.73
Sep 2014 *741141.5540.73

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • 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 sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
146084 · 926/2200
Trust
Eastern Multi-Academy Trust
Capacity
322 pupils · 143 on roll
Free school meals
11.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 July 2018
Replaced
Raleigh Infant School and Nursery (URN 120993)
Address
Admirals Way, Thetford, IP24 2JT
Local authority
Norfolk · Breckland

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources