Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Suffolk
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected 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
- 21 April 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 30 November 2021Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry63 applications · 37 places offered · 36 named it first
- 2026 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2025 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2024 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2023 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2022 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2021 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.9
- 2020 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.7
- 2019 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2018 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2017 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2016 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.9
- 2015 2.1; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Suffolk median
Dashed bars: as St Margaret's Community Primary School (URN 124633), 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 | 37 | 63 | 1.7 | 36 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 45 | 64 | 1.4 | 45 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 56 | 86 | 1.5 | 54 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 | 56 | 87 | 1.6 | 56 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 44 | 70 | 1.6 | 44 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 47 | 77 | 1.6 | 47 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 98 | 1.6 | 70 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2019 | 58 | 74 | 1.3 | 52 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2018 | 58 | 78 | 1.3 | 53 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 83 | 1.4 | 54 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2016 | 48 | 97 | 2.0 | 45 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2015 * | 42 | 86 | 2.1 | 42 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 49 | 99 | 2.0 | 49 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 56% · Writing 70% · Maths 63% → all three 51% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Suffolk median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 51% | 11% | 101 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | 65% | 4% | 104 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 67% | 2% | 107 | 104 |
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
- St Margaret's Primary AcademyThis schoolThis school20261.7applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
- 0.2 km · SuffolkGood20221.7applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 0.3 km · Suffolk20261.6applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · SuffolkGraded · no overall grade20241.3applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · SuffolkOutstanding20242.0applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · SuffolkRemains Good20241.2applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · SuffolkRemains Good · improving20231.2applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · SuffolkGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · SuffolkGood20231.7applications per place 64%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
- 141984 · 935/2057
- Trust
- Reach2 Academy Trust
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 364 on roll
- Free school meals
- 47.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 July 2015
- Replaced
- St Margaret's Community Primary School (URN 124633)
- Address
- Church Road, Lowestoft, NR32 4JF
- Local authority
- Suffolk · East Suffolk
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources