Caston Church of England Primary Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D49
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Attleborough, NR17 1DD
- Distance
- 3.3km away
Thompson Primary School
School Road, Thompson, Thetford, IP24 1PY
Local ranking171st of 330 primary schools in Norfolk
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
105
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 20 May 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 20 May 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
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 57.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 100.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 57.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 100.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 71.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Cohort Size
- 7
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 83
- Boys
- 47 (51%)
- Girls
- 46 (49%)
- Capacity
- 105 (89% full)
- SEND
- 15.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 9.6%
- EAL
- 0.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.2%
- SEN Support
- 14.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 3.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,747/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 8.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 95.2%
- Black African: 2.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.2%
- Mixed Other: 1.2%
95.2%
White British
2.4%
Black African
1.2%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
School Road
Thetford, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 144147
- UKPRN
- 10064491
- Establishment No.
- 5218
- Trust
- CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION EAST
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