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Queensway Infant Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Sponsored academy
Queensway, Thetford IP24 3DR · queenswayinfant.co.uk · 01842 753163
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- May 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 101
- 57% of 177 places
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 43.8%
- First language not English
- 22.8%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Inspiration Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 22 families put the school first and 27 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 | 27 | 22 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 32 | 28 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 28 | 24 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 41 | 36 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 32 | 30 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Queensway Infant Academy on 12 May 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 12 May 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Apr 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 145307), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Apr 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 145307)