Compass Community School Eld Park
Compass Community School Eld Park is an independent special school in Thetford for boys and girls aged 7 to 17. It has 23 pupils and room for 36.
Canterbury Way, Thetford, IP24 1EF01842 777595compass-schools.orgKaren Fancourt headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
1 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Norfolk council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 23 | 10 | 9 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Bishop's Church of England Primary Academy | Academy | 60 m | 330 | No overall grade 2025 | 3 | Compare |
| Redcastle Family School | Council | 760 m | 277 | Good 2022 | 57 | Compare |
| Thetford Grammar School | Independent (grammar) | 860 m | 180 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Norwich Road Academy | Academy | 0.7 miles | 317 | No overall grade 2024 | 29 | Compare |
| The Damara School | Independent (grammar) | 0.8 miles | 32 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Queensway Junior Academy | Academy | 0.8 miles | 141 | Report card 2026 | 6 | Compare |
| Queensway Infant Academy | Academy | 0.9 miles | 101 | Report card 2026 | 5 | Compare |
| Drake Primary School | Council | 1.0 miles | 413 | Report card 2026 | 7 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Compass Community School Eld Park a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Compass Community School Eld Park yet.
How many pupils does Compass Community School Eld Park have?
23 pupils aged 7 to 17 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 36 places, so it is 64% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Canterbury Way, Thetford, IP24 1EF
- Telephone
- 01842 777595
- Website
- www.compass-schools.org
- Headteacher
- Karen Fancourt
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 7-17
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Ward
- Thetford Priory
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 20 June 2023 (new provision)
- URN
- 149866 · LAESTAB 9266034
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.