Elveden Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Thetford, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
3.956 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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Elveden Church of England Primary Academy is a primary school in Thetford, Suffolk for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 5 December 2023. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
Elveden Church of England Primary Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2025 | 3.956 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In 2025, the last child offered a Reception place lived 3.956 miles away, the 5th longest of 19 Suffolk primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 8 first-choice applications for 14 offers, 0.6 first choices per offer and the 3rd lowest of 245 Suffolk primary schools.
- 22 of the 32 Reception 2026 applications (69%) came from families living outside Suffolk, and 12 offers went to them.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Suffolk schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- London Road, Elveden, Thetford, IP24 3TN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 104 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 34.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 5 December 2023
Strengths
- “Elveden Church of England Primary Academy is a highly inclusive school.”
- “Without fail, pupils are respectful, well-mannered and polite.”
- “They love coming to school and have excellent attendance.”
To improve
- “There are some areas where this needs further precision to ensure all children achieve the planned outcomes across the whole curriculum.”
- “Leaders recognise this is an area of the school that needs further refinement.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 57% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 8 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 8 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Suffolk.
- Barnham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Glade Academy 4.5 mi Good
- Forest Academy 4.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Lakenheath Community Primary School 6.6 mi Good
- Great Heath Academy 6.7 mi Good
- Honington Church of England Primary School 6.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Mary's Church of England Academy 6.9 mi Requires improvement
- Beck Row Primary Academy 7.6 mi Good