Primary
The Bishop's Church of England Primary Academy
Canterbury Way, Thetford, IP24 1EB
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 330 of 430 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Religious character
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- THE DIOCESE OF NORWICH EDUCATION AND ACADEMIES TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Norwich
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20.9
- All staff (FTE)
- 43.9
- Pupils per adult
- 8.5
- Pupils
- 372
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 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
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.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
September 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
October 2019
Previous framework
Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationInadequate
SATs results
27%
28 points below the Thetford average (55% across 17 schools)
100.0
4.1 below the Thetford average (104.1 across 17 schools)
16th 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 | 99 |
| Average reading score | 100 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 27% |
| 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 | 22% |
| 23/24 | 14% |
| 24/25 | 27% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 97.0 |
| 23/24 | 99.0 |
| 24/25 | 100.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 97.0 |
| 23/24 | 97.0 |
| 24/25 | 99.0 |
Canterbury Way, Thetford, IP24 1EB
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
- Heather Madsen
- Address
- Canterbury Way, Thetford, IP24 1EB
- Telephone
- 01842754902