Elveden Church of England Primary Academy
Academy converter · Thetford · IP24 3TN
Ages 4–11 · 104 pupils · Suffolk
Ofsted
Outstanding
KS2 expected (RWM)
73%
Overall absence
4.3%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Outstanding
Inspection date
2023-12-05
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 109.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 103.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
- Authorised absence
- 3.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 89
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
104 pupils · 105 places
- Pupils on roll
- 104
- Boys / girls
- 55 / 49
- School capacity
- 105
- Capacity fill
- 104 / 105 (99%)
- Free school meals
- 8.7%
- FSM pupils
- 9
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 4–11
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: ELVEDEN SCHOOLS TRUST
- Academy trust
- ELVEDEN SCHOOLS TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Zoe Maguire
Location
- Address
- London Road, Elveden
- Postcode
- IP24 3TN
- Town
- Thetford
- County
- Norfolk
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- District
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
SEN & specialist provision
As recorded in GIAS — provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Resourced provision
- SEN unit
- SEN unit places
- 16 on roll / 18 capacity
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 4–11, in Thetford, Suffolk, 104 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 8.7%. SEN provision includes: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Zoe Maguire
- Telephone
- 01842890258