Primary
Queensway Junior Academy
Hillary Road, Thetford, IP24 3DP
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 141 of 271 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Trust
- INSPIRATION TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 8.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 18.6
- Pupils per adult
- 8.8
- Pupils
- 164
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 February 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
January 2022
Previous framework
Inadequate
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceInadequate
- Personal developmentInadequate
- Quality of educationInadequate
SATs results
51%
4 points below the Thetford average (55% across 17 schools)
100.0
4.1 below the Thetford average (104.1 across 17 schools)
14th 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 | 101 |
| Average reading score | 100 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 51% |
| Working at a higher standard | 3% |
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 time2 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 24% |
| 24/25 | 51% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 100.0 |
| 24/25 | 100.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 101.0 |
| 24/25 | 101.0 |
Hillary Road, Thetford, IP24 3DP
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
- Abigail Wright
- Address
- Hillary Road, Thetford, IP24 3DP
- Telephone
- 01842753163