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The Bishop's Church of England Primary Academy

URN
142633
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
The Bishop's Church of England Primary Academy
URN
142633
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
3-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

32 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

10

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

36

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

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School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Moderate competition
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Below Average
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
29 April 2025
Inspection date
4 March 2025
Inspection type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Requires improvement

    Graded 29 April 2025

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Good

    Graded 29 April 2025

  • Personal development

Admissions

Moderate pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Reception in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

31

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

46

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

30

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.48×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Norfolk
Admissions portal
Surrey admissions
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.bishop.norfolk.sch.uk

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

48.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

46.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

48.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

27.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

IP24 1EB - Canterbury Way, Thetford, Norfolk

Contact details

Address
Canterbury Way, Thetford, Norfolk
Postcode
IP24 1EB
Phone
1842754902
Website
www.bishop.norfolk.sch.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Norfolk
Local authority code
926

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 932 schools in Norfolk.

Authority statistics

Total schools

932

Open schools

462

Closed schools

468

Primary schools

658

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

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  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 29 April 2025

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 29 April 2025

  • Early years

    Good

    Graded 29 April 2025

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    29 April 20254 March 2025Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1InspectionView report for inspection published 29 April 2025
    • Inspection

      Published
      29 April 2025
      Inspected
      4 March 2025
      Type
      Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    65.2%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 29

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    110

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary658 (70.9%)
    • Secondary110 (11.9%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other160 (17.2%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    The Bishops Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School0 mPrimaryClosed
    Abbey Junior School0 mPrimaryClosed
    Compass Community School Eld Park61 mNot applicableOpen
    Canterbury Infant School64 mPrimaryClosed
    Redcastle Family School711 mPrimaryOpen
    Thetford Grammar School802 mNot applicableOpen
    Norwich Road Academy1.1 kmPrimaryClosed
    Norwich Road Academy1.1 kmPrimaryOpen
    Norwich Road Community Primary School1.1 kmPrimaryClosed
    The Damara School1.3 kmNot applicableOpen
    • The Bishops Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Abbey Junior School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Compass Community School Eld Park
      Distance
      61 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • Canterbury Infant School
      Distance
      64 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Primary) and local authority (Norfolk)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Abbey Junior SchoolPrimaryIP24 1EBClosed
    Acle Church of England Primary AcademyPrimaryNR13 3RQOpen
    Acle St Edmund Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimaryNR13 3RQClosed
    Admirals AcademyPrimaryIP24 2JTOpen
    Admirals AcademyPrimaryIP24 2JTClosed
    • Abbey Junior School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      IP24 1EB
      Status
      Closed
    • Acle Church of England Primary Academy
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      NR13 3RQ
      Status
      Open
    • Acle St Edmund Voluntary Controlled Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      NR13 3RQ
      Status
      Closed
    • Admirals Academy
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      IP24 2JT
      Status
      Open
    • Admirals Academy
    Redcastle Family School
    Distance
    711 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Thetford Grammar School
    Distance
    802 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Norwich Road Academy
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Norwich Road Academy
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Norwich Road Community Primary School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • The Damara School
    Distance
    1.3 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    IP24 2JT
    Status
    Closed