Academy sponsor led · Suffolk

Tollgate Primary School

3–11Ages
437Pupils
PrimaryPhase
140998URN

Tollgate Lane, Bury St Edmunds, IP32 6DG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.4per place

0.4 below Suffolk median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Suffolk

71 applications for 50 places · 135th of 165 in Suffolk

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

68%met the expected standard

Suffolk 60% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 3 October 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		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

1.4applications per place, Reception

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

71 applications · 50 places offered · 48 named it first

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

More applications per place than the Suffolk median in 0 of 12 years.

This school
Suffolk median

Dashed bars: as Tollgate Primary School (URN 124551), the previous school.

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	50	71	1.4	48	0.96
Sep 2025	52	71	1.4	52	1.00
Sep 2024	48	68	1.4	44	0.92
Sep 2023	51	64	1.3	51	1.00
Sep 2022	51	66	1.3	49	0.96
Sep 2021	56	67	1.2	53	0.95
Sep 2020	55	68	1.2	55	1.00
Sep 2019	44	55	1.3	44	1.00
Sep 2018	43	54	1.3	43	1.00
Sep 2017	33	41	1.2	32	0.97
Sep 2016	44	59	1.3	42	0.95
Sep 2015	45	65	1.4	40	0.89
Sep 2014 *	37	54	1.5	37	1.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 79% · Writing 74% · Maths 86% → all three 68% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard68%67th of 223 in Suffolk

Suffolk 60% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard79%

Suffolk 76% England 78%

Higher standard26%

Suffolk 32% England 33%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard74%

Suffolk 73% England 75%

Greater depth12%

Suffolk 11% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard86%

Suffolk 73% England 77%

Higher standard21%

Suffolk 21% England 24%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Suffolk median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	68%	9%	105	104
2023/24	67%	0%	104	104
2022/23

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

Tollgate Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2023

1.4applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
Howard Community Academy
0.9 km · Suffolk

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.9applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
St Edmundsbury CofE Primary Academy
1.2 km · Suffolk

Requires improvement2024

1.6applications per place 25%met the SATs standard
Abbeygate Sixth Form College
1.3 km · Suffolk

Not yet inspected
Sexton's Manor Primary School
1.7 km · Suffolk

Not yet inspected

2.2applications per place 27%met the SATs standard
Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School
2.2 km · Suffolk

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.3applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery
2.2 km · Suffolk

2026

2.0applications per place 39%met the SATs standard
St Edmund's Catholic Primary School
2.3 km · Suffolk

Remains Good2022
Sebert Wood Community Primary School
3.0 km · Suffolk

Good2023

2.3applications per place 68%met the SATs standard

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: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 140998 · 935/2029
Trust: Unity Schools Partnership
Capacity: 460 pupils · 437 on roll
Free school meals: 29.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 July 2014
Replaced: Tollgate Primary School (URN 124551)
Address: Tollgate Lane, Bury St Edmunds, IP32 6DG
Local authority: Suffolk · West Suffolk

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