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Drake Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Fairfields, Croxton Road, Thetford IP24 1JW · drake.norfolk.sch.uk · 01842 762055
On the mapSearch near IP24 1JW
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Mar 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 40%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Norfolk 56%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 413
- 98% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 12.3%
- First language not English
- 23.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 68 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 85% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 59 | 68 | 1.2▲ | 85% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 58 | 55 | 0.9 | 95% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 57 | 73 | 1.3▲ | 75% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 75 | 1.3▲ | 79% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 58 | 68 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
Results
In 2024/25, 40% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Norfolk it was 56%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼40% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ▼100 | 105 | |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Drake Primary School on 3 March 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 3 Mar 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Oct 2013Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Mar 2010Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
65% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (65 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 65%
- Positive
- 56%
- Replies
- 65
- 16% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on 23 parents (35%) whose child was bullied
based on 21 parents (32%) with SEND