Community school · Suffolk

Elmswell Community Primary School

3–11Ages
383Pupils
PrimaryPhase
124534URN

Oxer Close, Elmswell, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 9UE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodJun 2016

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Feb 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.3per place

0.5 below Suffolk median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Suffolk

79 applications for 59 places · 146th of 165 in Suffolk

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

76%met the expected standard

Suffolk 60% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodJun 2016

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Feb 2025

Inspection history

26 February 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
15 June 2016
Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.3applications per place, Reception

0.5 below Suffolk median (1.8) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

79 applications · 59 places offered · 65 named it first

2026 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.8
2025 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.8
2024 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.8
2023 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.8
2022 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
2021 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.9
2020 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.7
2019 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.8
2018 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.8
2017 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.8
2016 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.9
2015 1.2; Suffolk median median 1.9
2014 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.9

More applications per place than the Suffolk median in 0 of 13 years.

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Suffolk median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	59	79	1.3	65	1.10
Sep 2025	60	79	1.3	62	1.03
Sep 2024	59	79	1.3	63	1.07
Sep 2023	58	73	1.3	58	1.00
Sep 2022	46	70	1.5	46	1.00
Sep 2021	44	67	1.5	48	1.09
Sep 2020	35	46	1.3	33	0.94
Sep 2019	36	51	1.4	36	1.00
Sep 2018	43	55	1.3	44	1.02
Sep 2017	43	59	1.4	42	0.98
Sep 2016	30	49	1.6	28	0.93
Sep 2015	45	52	1.2	45	1.00
Sep 2014	45	66	1.5	50	1.11

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 83% · Writing 78% · Maths 83% → all three 76% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard76%28th of 223 in Suffolk

Suffolk 60% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard83%

Suffolk 76% England 78%

Higher standard46%

Suffolk 32% England 33%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard78%

Suffolk 73% England 75%

Greater depth7%

Suffolk 11% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard83%

Suffolk 73% England 77%

Higher standard32%

Suffolk 21% England 24%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

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Suffolk median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	76%	5%	107	107
2023/24	71%	10%	108	106
2022/23	76%	11%	108	106

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Elmswell Community Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

1.3applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Woolpit Primary Academy
2.1 km · Suffolk

Good2022

2.1applications per place 29%met the SATs standard
Crawford's Church of England Primary School
3.6 km · Suffolk

Good2023

1.4applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
Thurston Church of England Primary Academy
4.0 km · Suffolk

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.5applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
Norton CEVC Primary School
4.1 km · Suffolk

Graded · no overall grade2024

3.0applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
Rattlesden Church of England Primary Academy
5.1 km · Suffolk

Remains Good2024

1.4applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Grace Cook Primary School
5.7 km · Suffolk

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.4applications per place
Wood Ley Community Primary School
6.2 km · Suffolk

2026

2.6applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
6.4 km · Suffolk

Good2022

1.8applications per place 50%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

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School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 124534 · 935/2007
Capacity: 420 pupils · 383 on roll
Free school meals: 19.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Address: Oxer Close, Elmswell, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 9UE
Local authority: Suffolk · Mid Suffolk

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources