Secondary
The Thetford Academy
Croxton Road, Thetford, IP24 1LH
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1398 of 2050 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Trust
- INSPIRATION TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 80.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 126.5
- Pupils per adult
- 10.3
- Pupils
- 1,305
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 April 2025
Standards maintained
Still graded as at
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formRequires improvement
SafeguardingMet
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
42%
42.4
2nd of 3 by our score, among the secondary schools in Thetford we can score - 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 42.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.86 |
| Entered the EBacc | 32% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 59% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 42% |
| A level average points per entry | 35.3 |
| A level students | 44 |
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 time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 42% |
| 22/23 | 38% |
| 23/24 | 39% |
| 24/25 | 42% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 32.3 |
| 22/23 | 26.8 |
| 23/24 | 26.0 |
| 24/25 | 35.3 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.38 |
| 22/23 | +0.31 |
| 23/24 | +0.04 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 44.4 |
| 22/23 | 42.0 |
| 23/24 | 38.9 |
| 24/25 | 42.4 |
Croxton Road, Thetford, IP24 1LH
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 31 October, 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
- Principal
- Michael Fordham
- Address
- Croxton Road, Thetford, IP24 1LH
- Telephone
- 01842754875