Academy sponsor led · Primary
Thetford · IP25 6AL · Norfolk
Ages 7–11
Status: Open
1.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 148151
Parker's Church of England Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led · Thetford · IP25 7HP
Ages 3–11 · 93 pupils · Norfolk
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
45%
Overall absence
5.3%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-10-17
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)45%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 101.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 102.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.3%
Persistent absence (10%+)10.8%
Unauthorised1.4%
- Authorised absence
- 4.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 74
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill89%
93 pupils · 105 places
- Pupils on roll
- 93
- Boys / girls
- 46 / 47
- School capacity
- 105
- Capacity fill
- 93 / 105 (89%)
- Free school meals
- 16.7%
- FSM pupils
- 14
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Religious ethos
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Norwich
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE DIOCESE OF NORWICH EDUCATION AND ACADEMIES TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE DIOCESE OF NORWICH EDUCATION AND ACADEMIES TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Diocese of Norwich Education and Academies Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Disney
Location
- Address
- Pound Hill, Saham Toney
- Postcode
- IP25 7HP
- Town
- Thetford
- County
- Norfolk
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- District
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (primary), Ages 3–11, in Thetford, Norfolk, 93 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 16.7%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Norwich.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Disney
- Telephone
- 01953881601