Drake Primary School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D43
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Thetford, IP24 1JW
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Norwich Road Academy
Norwich Road, Thetford, IP24 2HT
Local ranking148th of 330 primary schools in Norfolk
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
472
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 22 October 2024. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 22 October 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 58.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 5.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 72.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 72.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 72.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 74.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 103.0
- Cohort Size
- 43
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 309
- Boys
- 156 (49%)
- Girls
- 161 (51%)
- Capacity
- 472 (67% full)
- SEND
- 32.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 30.7%
- EAL
- 58.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 7.4%
- SEN Support
- 24.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 12.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,968/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White Other: 47.2%
- White British: 37.0%
- Black African: 2.6%
- Other: 2.3%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.6%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.3%
47.2%
White Other
37.0%
White British
2.6%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Norwich Road
Thetford, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 145029
- UKPRN
- 10064656
- Establishment No.
- 2182
- Trust
- EASTERN MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
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