Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 12 May 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 27 April 2022Graded inspection: Requires improvement · as Queensway Infant Academy and Nursery, URN 145307
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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 entry37 applications · 27 places offered · 22 named it first
- 2026 1.4; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2025 1.5; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2024 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2023 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2022 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2021 1.0; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2020 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2019 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2018 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2017 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2016 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Norfolk median
Dashed bars: as Queensway Infant Academy and Nursery (URN 145307), Queensway Infant School and Nursery, Thetford (URN 120897), 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 | 27 | 37 | 1.4 | 22 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2025 | 32 | 48 | 1.5 | 28 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2024 | 28 | 35 | 1.3 | 24 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2023 * | 41 | 43 | 1.1 | 36 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2022 * | 32 | 36 | 1.1 | 30 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2021 * | 50 | 52 | 1.0 | 38 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2020 * | 50 | 64 | 1.3 | 50 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 45 | 55 | 1.2 | 43 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 * | 52 | 61 | 1.2 | 50 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 * | 59 | 67 | 1.1 | 52 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2016 * | 58 | 62 | 1.1 | 47 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2015 * | 59 | 73 | 1.2 | 58 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2014 * | 50 | 72 | 1.4 | 48 | 0.96 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Queensway Infant AcademyThis schoolThis school20261.4applications per place
- 0.1 km · NorfolkSerious weaknesses 202651%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · NorfolkGood20222.3applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20242.6applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20251.3applications per place 27%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · Norfolk20261.8applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · NorfolkGood202457%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · NorfolkGood20222.2applications per place
- 3.2 km · SuffolkRemains Good20222.2applications per place 57%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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 149896 · 926/2250
- Trust
- Inspiration Trust
- Capacity
- 177 pupils · 101 on roll
- Free school meals
- 43.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 May 2023
- Replaced
- Queensway Infant Academy and Nursery (URN 145307); Queensway Infant School and Nursery, Thetford (URN 120897)
- Address
- Queensway, Thetford, IP24 3DR
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