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Queensway Infant Academy

  • Primary
  • Academy sponsor led
  • Ages 4 to 7

URN 149896 · Norfolk · INSPIRATION TRUST

In Norfolk

Inspection

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.

Latest report card inspection

12 May 2026
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met

First full inspection as an academy

Report cards, used from 10 November 2025, grade each area on a five-point scale and give no overall grade. Safeguarding is met or not met.

Earlier inspection, different framework

Earlier graded inspection

27 April 2022

Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement

Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Early years provision
Requires improvement
Safeguarding is effective
Yes

This inspection was of the predecessor school, before it converted or reopened under its current URN.

First full inspection as an academy

Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness grade.

Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.

Attendance

Against Norfolk and England, primary schools.

Overall absence

2024/25

8.3%

Norfolk
5.3%
England
5.2%

3.1 percentage points higher than England.

3.96.18.32017/182024/25
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Overall absence
YearThis schoolNorfolkEngland
2017/18Not published4.3%4.2%
2018/19Not published4.3%4.0%
2020/21Not published4.0%3.6%
2021/22Not published6.9%6.3%
2022/236.9%6.1%5.9%
2023/248.6%5.8%5.5%
2024/258.3%5.3%5.2%

Sessions missed for any reason, as a share of all possible sessions in the school year. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Persistent absence

2024/25

24.3%

Norfolk
12.6%
England
13.0%

11.3 percentage points higher than England.

9.820.030.32017/182024/25
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Persistent absence
YearThis schoolNorfolkEngland
2017/18Not published8.8%8.7%
2018/19Not published8.8%8.2%
2020/21Not published10.1%8.8%
2021/22Not published19.9%17.7%
2022/2323.4%16.6%16.2%
2023/2431.9%15.1%14.6%
2024/2524.3%12.6%13.0%

Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Severe absence

2024/25

0.0%

Norfolk
1.1%
England
0.9%

0.9 percentage points lower than England.

0.61.83.12017/182024/25
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Severe absence
YearThis schoolNorfolkEngland
2017/18Not published0.3%0.4%
2018/19Not published0.4%0.4%
2020/21Not published0.8%0.7%
2021/22Not published0.7%0.6%
2022/230.9%0.9%0.7%
2023/243.3%1.0%0.9%
2024/250.0%1.1%0.9%

Pupils who missed 50% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions

Against Norfolk and England, primary schools.

Suspensions per 100 pupils

2024/25

9.01

Norfolk
5.56
England
2.47

6.54 higher than England.

2.613.023.42017/182024/25
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Suspensions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolNorfolkEngland
2017/18Not published2.611.40
2018/19Not published2.931.41
2019/20Not published2.021.00
2020/21Not published2.210.99
2021/22Not published3.131.42
2022/23Not published4.371.81
2023/2425.005.092.27
2024/259.015.562.47

Suspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. One pupil can be suspended more than once. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

2024/25

0.90

Norfolk
0.10
England
0.03

0.87 higher than England.

0.10.50.82017/182024/25
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Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolNorfolkEngland
2017/18Not published0.070.03
2018/19Not published0.070.02
2019/20Not published0.040.02
2020/21Not published0.050.01
2021/22Not published0.050.02
2022/23Not published0.080.03
2023/240.000.100.03
2024/250.900.100.03

Permanent exclusions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Pupils

Against Norfolk and England, primary schools.

Eligible for free school meals

2024/25

45.9%

Norfolk
22.5%
England
24.7%

21.2 percentage points higher than England.

23.635.046.32021/222022/232023/242024/25
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Eligible for free school meals
YearThis schoolNorfolkEngland
2021/22Not published21.9%23.1%
2022/23Not published22.8%24.0%
2023/2448.0%23.2%24.3%
2024/2545.9%22.5%24.7%

Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals on census day in January. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

SEN support

2024/25

29.7%

Norfolk
15.3%
England
15.0%

14.7 percentage points higher than England.

14.121.428.62021/222022/232023/242024/25
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SEN support
YearThis schoolNorfolkEngland
2021/22Not published14.8%13.0%
2022/23Not published15.1%13.5%
2023/2425.0%15.1%14.1%
2024/2529.7%15.3%15.0%

Pupils receiving special educational needs support without an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Education, health and care plan

2024/25

0.0%

Norfolk
4.1%
England
3.5%

3.5 percentage points lower than England.

0.72.33.92021/222022/232023/242024/25
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Education, health and care plan
YearThis schoolNorfolkEngland
2021/22Not published2.1%2.3%
2022/23Not published2.6%2.5%
2023/242.0%3.4%3.0%
2024/250.0%4.1%3.5%

Pupils with an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

First language other than English

2024/25

23.4%

Norfolk
15.0%
England
23.4%

The same as England.

13.518.122.72021/222022/232023/242024/25
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First language other than English
YearThis schoolNorfolkEngland
2021/22Not published12.8%21.2%
2022/23Not published13.8%22.0%
2023/2419.6%14.8%22.8%
2024/2523.4%15.0%23.4%

Pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Teachers

Against Norfolk and England, primary schools.

Pupils per qualified teacher

2025/26

14.3

Norfolk
20.3
England
21.2

6.9 lower than England.

14.317.821.32017/182025/26
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Pupils per qualified teacher
YearThis schoolNorfolkEngland
2017/18Not published20.921.3
2018/19Not published21.021.4
2019/20Not published21.221.4
2020/21Not published20.821.1
2021/22Not published20.821.0
2022/23Not published20.721.1
2023/2421.820.521.2
2024/2513.820.121.3
2025/2614.320.321.2

Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.

Teacher sickness absence

2024/25

4.4 days

Norfolk
5.1 days
England
5.0 days

0.6 days lower than England.

Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.

4.15.16.12017/182024/25
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Teacher sickness absence
YearThis schoolNorfolkEngland
2017/18Not published4.2 days4.0 days
2018/19Not published4.5 days4.0 days
2019/20Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2020/21Not published4.1 days3.9 days
2021/22Not published6.2 days6.3 days
2022/23Not published5.5 days5.2 days
2023/245.1 days5.4 days5.3 days
2024/254.4 days5.1 days5.0 days

Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.

Finance

Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.

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About the school

Pupils on roll
101
Capacity
177
Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
Age range
4 to 7
Gender
Mixed
Trust
INSPIRATION TRUST
Opened
1 May 2023
Setting
Urban: Further from a major town or city
Constituency
South West Norfolk
Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
Decile 2 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: Queensway, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 3DR

Website: www.queenswayinfant.co.uk

Telephone: 01842753163

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