Report card · inspected Jun 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 | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention | ||||
- 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
- 9 June 2026Report card · 3 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention
- 5 July 2022Graded 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 entry9 applications · 6 places offered · 4 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2025 4.2; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2024 2.9; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2023 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2022 2.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2021 2.1; Suffolk median median 1.9
- 2020 2.5; Suffolk median median 1.7
- 2019 2.6; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2018 2.4; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2017 2.9; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2016 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 1.9; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Suffolk median
Dashed bars: as St Benet's Catholic Primary School (URN 124778), 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 | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 4 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2025 | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 7 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2020 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 3 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2019 | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 11 | 26 | 2.4 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 4 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2015 * | 9 | 17 | 1.9 | 8 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2014 * | 15 | 22 | 1.5 | 15 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 62% · Writing 62% · Maths 62% → all three 38% 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 | 38% | 8% | 106 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 36% | 7% | 104 | 99 |
| 2022/23 | 64% | 9% | 108 | 103 |
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 Benet's RC Primary School and NurseryThis schoolThis school20261.5applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · SuffolkRemains Good20241.8applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · SuffolkGood20232.2applications per place
- 1.5 km · SuffolkGood20222.0applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · NorfolkGood20242.0applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · SuffolkGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · Suffolk20261.7applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 5.4 km · Suffolk20261.5applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
- 5.8 km · NorfolkStandards maintained20242.3applications per place
- 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
- 142786 · 935/2120
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 119 pupils · 69 on roll
- Free school meals
- 34.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 May 2016
- Replaced
- St Benet's Catholic Primary School (URN 124778)
- Address
- Ringsfield Road, Beccles, NR34 9PQ
- Local authority
- Suffolk · East Suffolk
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources