The Pinetree School
Special / other · Thetford · IP24 3LH
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 26 September 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
37 pupils · 92% of 40 capacity
- School type
- Free schools alternative provision
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 73% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils
- SEN support
- 0% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 100% of pupils
- Website
- www.pinetreeschool.org.uk
- URN
- 139665
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
88% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 12% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 26 September 2023: Good
- 23 February 2021: Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 1
- 12 February 2020: S8 No Formal Designation Visit
- 24 September 2019: Requires improvement
- 12 November 2018: Taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement
- 6 July 2017: Requires improvement
- 4 October 2016: Taking effective action towards the removal of special measures
- 7 June 2016: School is not taking effective action towards the removal of special measures
- 9 February 2016: Taking effective action towards the removal of special measures
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.