Thomas Bullock Church of England Primary and Nursery Academy
Primary · Thetford · IP25 7LF
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 8 January 2020
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229 pupils · 97% of 236 capacity
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 12.7% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 1.8% of pupils
- SEN support
- 12.7% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 2.3% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.thomasbullock.dneat.org/
- URN
- 141192
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.95 first-choice applications per place39 places offered · 37 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
28 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
84% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 16% 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
- 1 April 2025: Improved significantly
- 8 January 2020: Good
- 13 September 2017: Requires improvement
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Toftwood Infant School
- Dereham, Toftwood Community Junior School
- Kingsbrook School
- St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary Academy & Nursery
- Dereham Church of England Junior Academy
- Scarning Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Grove House Infant and Nursery School
- Dereham Church of England Infant and Nursery Academy