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Queensway Junior Academy

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted
personMr Peter Bloomfield
corporate_fareINSPIRATION TRUST
location_onThetford, IP24 3DP
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Ofsted

Inadequate

Inspected 2022

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Students

186

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Expected Standard

51%

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Age Range

7-11

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Queensway Junior Academy is a Academy sponsor led primary school in Thetford, serving ages 7-11. Currently rated Inadequate by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 80% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Queensway Junior Academy is an academy sponsor led in Thetford, Norfolk, admitting pupils aged 7-11. It is part of INSPIRATION TRUST. The school has approximately 151 pupils on roll, of whom 52% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 51% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 3% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #114 of 265 primaries in Norfolk and #9,183 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2022. The school's current overall rating is Inadequate. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Inadequate, behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement, personal development Inadequate, and leadership and management Inadequate.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 17.6:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were 3 permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 9.4 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25
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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

51%

LA 53%
Reading65% LA 69%
Writing59% LA 63%
Maths59% LA 66%

Read SS

100

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

100

Progress (0 = national avg)

-

Read

-

Write

-

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

24%

LA 49%England 61%
Reading58% LA 69% · Eng 74%
Writing38% LA 59% · Eng 72%
Maths60% LA 64% · Eng 73%

Read SS

100

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

101

Progress (0 = national avg)

-

Read

-

Write

-

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

-%

LA 49%England 60%
Reading-% LA 67% · Eng 73%
Writing-% LA 61% · Eng 71%
Maths-% LA 63% · Eng 73%

Read SS

-

Maths SS

-

GPS SS

-

Progress (0 = national avg)

-

Read

LA -0.8

-

Write

LA -1.7

-

Maths

LA -1.5

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

Inspection Report

Inspection History

2 Evaluations
Academy First Section 5 EIF
Inadequate
Education
Inadequate
Behaviour
Requires improvement
Development
Inadequate
Leadership
Inadequate
None EIF
Requires improvement
Education
No Judgement
Behaviour
No Judgement
Development
No Judgement
Leadership
Requires improvement

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