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Raleigh Infant Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Sponsored academy
Admirals Way, Thetford IP24 2JT · raleighinfant.co.uk · 01842 753993
On the mapSearch near IP24 2JT
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2022
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 143
- 44% of 322 places
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 11.2%
- First language not English
- 28%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 31 families put the school first and 36 places were offered; 100% 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 | 36 | 31 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 41 | 36 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 54 | 39 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 33 | 27 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 40 | 35 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
Raleigh Infant Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 27 September 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 27 Sept 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Nov 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 120993), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120993)
Mar 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120993)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (13 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 13
- 7% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 69% who raised concerns
based on the 38% who had a child bullied