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Mundford Church of England Primary Academy

Primary Ages 3-11 239 pupils Thetford
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Mundford Church of England Primary Academy is an academy converter in Thetford for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 239 pupils on roll. In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Church of England
Address St Leonard's Street
Mundford
Thetford
Norfolk
IP26 5ED
Phone 01842878278
Reference Number 141584

General Makeup

Number of pupils 239
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.79%
Girls: 50.21%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 13%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 4.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 13 17 30
2 17 12 29
3 16 14 30
4 14 13 27
5 11 16 27
6 13 16 29

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 89.1%
White, Other 4.2%
Mixed, Other 2.1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.8%
White & Asian 0.8%
Unclassified 0.8%
Caribbean 0.4%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 14 Dec 2022 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
14 Dec 2022 School inspection
21 Sep 2017 Short inspection
01 Dec 2014 Academy conversion letter
27 Mar 2014 Full inspection:
Previously as Mundford Church of England Primary School
07 Mar 2012 Full inspection:
16 Feb 2011 Monitoring visit
23 Nov 2009 Full inspection:
06 Jul 2009 Monitoring visit
10 Mar 2009 Monitoring visit
16 Oct 2008 Monitoring visit
30 Apr 2008 Monitoring visit
21 Nov 2007 Full inspection:
10 Jan 2005 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 60%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 13%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 104
Maths 103

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -3.5
Writing -4.4
Maths -2.3

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 8 0
Third Preference 5 0
From another Local Authority 1 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Mundford Church of England Primary Academy had 201 pupils for 180 places. That is 21 more pupils than the school has room for.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Methwold Primary Phase” planning area

Norfolk counted 118 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 103 in 2029–30, down 13%.

2015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 161161161161161161161180180180
Pupils 147170170164165171172180196201
Unfilled 8.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Mundford Church of England Primary Academy attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.7%3.1%3.2%3.0%3.3%5.4%4.9%3.9%4.0%
Unauthorised absence 0.9%1.1%1.0%1.1%0.3%1.4%1.1%1.3%0.9%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.4%0.6%0.6%0.0%

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.9% of pupils at Mundford Church of England Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 2.91.70.00.02.91.10.02.40.90.9
Permanent exclusions 0000000000

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Mundford Church of England Primary Academy had 24.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 13.412.011.912.314.111.712.410.711.311.612.5
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%32.4%14.3%15.4%0.0%0.0%14.3%11.4%0.0%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 71.4%33.3%12.5%0.0%–42.9%75.0%11.1%40.0%36.4%–
Sick days per teacher 13.42.61.80.0–1.05.11.23.95.7–

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 11.3% of pupils at Mundford Church of England Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 10 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 6 1
Speech, language and communication needs 6 0
Specific learning difficulty 2 3
Moderate learning difficulty 2 0
Other difficulty or disability 1 0
Severe learning difficulty 0 1

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2022–23 Mundford Church of England Primary Academy received £8,013 and spent £8,581 for each of its 198 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £7,000 (£36 per pupil).

Across all 22 schools of The Diocese of Norwich Education and Academies Trust, income was £7,929 and spending £8,559 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

20222023
Revenue reserve £33,000£7,000
per pupil £198£36
In-year balance £54,000-£113,000
per pupil £320-£568

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

Name Distance
Weeting Church of England Primary School
Main Road, Weeting, Brandon, Suffolk, IP27 0QQ
3.43 miles
The Norman Church of England Primary School, Northwold
School Lane, Northwold, Thetford, Norfolk, IP26 5NB
3.59 miles
Duchy of Lancaster Methwold CofE Primary School
Hythe Road, Methwold, Thetford, Norfolk, IP26 4PP
4.41 miles
Forest Academy
Bury Road, Brandon, Suffolk, IP27 0FP
4.58 miles
Glade Academy
Knappers Way, Brandon, Suffolk, IP27 0DA
4.66 miles
Name Distance
Iceni Secondary Academy
Stoke Road, Methwold, Thetford, Norfolk, IP26 4PE
4.2 miles
Sheridan House School
THETFORD RD, NORTHWOLD, THETFORD, NORFOLK, IP26 5LQ
4.34 miles

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How many pupils does Mundford Church of England Primary Academy have?

Mundford Church of England Primary Academy has 239 pupils on roll.

What age range does Mundford Church of England Primary Academy cover?

Mundford Church of England Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Mundford Church of England Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Mundford Church of England Primary Academy?

Mundford Church of England Primary Academy is at St Leonard's Street, Mundford, Thetford, Norfolk, IP26 5ED.

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