Primary
Drake Primary School
Fairfields, Croxton Road, Thetford, IP24 1JW
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 413 of 420 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 26.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 49.2
- Pupils per adult
- 8.5
- Pupils
- 417
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- Early yearsStrong standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
November 2021
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
SATs results
40%
15 points below the Thetford average (55% across 17 schools)
103.0
1.1 below the Thetford average (104.1 across 17 schools)
17th of 17 by our score, among the primary schools in Thetford we can score - 20 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 100 |
| Average reading score | 103 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 40% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 42% |
| 23/24 | 53% |
| 24/25 | 40% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 104.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 98.0 |
| 23/24 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 100.0 |
Fairfields, Croxton Road, Thetford, IP24 1JW
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Norfolk admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Louise Clements McLeod
- Address
- Fairfields, Croxton Road, Thetford, IP24 1JW
- Telephone
- 01842762055