The Bishop's Church of England Primary Academy

School overview

The Bishop's Church of England Primary Academy is a primary school serving Thetford, Norfolk, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 359 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 27% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 13.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 100 in reading and 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made The Bishop's Church of England Primary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 33 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 8.8%. There are about 17.9 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 62% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. The Bishop's Church of England Primary Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.