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Holbrook Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 182Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 124588URN

The Street, Holbrook, Ipswich, IP9 2PZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jul 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.5per place
0.3 below Suffolk median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Suffolk

43 applications for 28 places · 109th of 165 in Suffolk
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
68%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 7 July 2026Published 7 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsStrong standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 7 July 2026
    Report card · 6 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
  2. 7 April 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains 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
1.5applications per place, Reception
0.3 below Suffolk median (1.8) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

43 applications · 28 places offered · 32 named it first

  1. 2026 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
  2. 2025 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.8
  3. 2024 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.8
  6. 2021 1.9; Suffolk median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.8
  9. 2018 1.8; Suffolk median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.9; Suffolk median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.9; Suffolk median median 1.9
  12. 2015 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.9
  13. 2014 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.9
  • This school
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202628431.5321.14
Sep 202522351.6210.95
Sep 202418261.4181.00
Sep 202327461.7271.00
Sep 202224411.7241.00
Sep 202120381.9201.00
Sep 202030481.6371.23
Sep 201923381.7210.91
Sep 201826461.8240.92
Sep 201726481.9261.00
Sep 201621391.9200.95
Sep 201521291.4211.00
Sep 201425381.5251.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 86% · Writing 86% · Maths 71% → all three 68% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard68%67th of 223 in Suffolk
Reading
Expected standard86%
Higher standard39%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard86%
Greater depth32%
Maths
Expected standard71%
Higher standard21%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Suffolk median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2568%14%107103
2023/2471%11%108105
2022/2322%4%10499

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

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

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
124588 · 935/2084
Capacity
196 pupils · 182 on roll
Free school meals
9.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
The Street, Holbrook, Ipswich, IP9 2PZ
Local authority
Suffolk · Babergh

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources