Redcastle Family School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C64
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Thetford, IP24 3PU
- Distance
- 0.7km away
The Bishop's Church of England Primary Academy
Canterbury Way, Thetford, IP24 1EB
Local ranking274th of 333 primary schools in Norfolk
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
430
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 4 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 27.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 48.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 46.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 48.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 44.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 100.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 99.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 100.0
- Cohort Size
- 48
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 359
- Boys
- 183 (51%)
- Girls
- 176 (49%)
- Capacity
- 430 (83% full)
- SEND
- 24.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 61.7%
- EAL
- 28.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.5%
- SEN Support
- 20.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,290/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 69.8%
- White Other: 23.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Gypsy/Roma: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.1%
- Black African: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.3%
69.8%
White British
23.1%
White Other
1.4%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Canterbury Way
Thetford, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 142633
- UKPRN
- 10055675
- Establishment No.
- 2118
- Trust
- THE DIOCESE OF NORWICH EDUCATION AND ACADEMIES TRUST
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