Academy converter · Suffolk

Laureate Community Academy

2–11Ages
239Pupils
PrimaryPhase
142993URN

Exning Road, Newmarket, CB8 0AN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.3per place

0.5 above Suffolk median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Suffolk

46 applications for 20 places · 21st of 165 in Suffolk

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

64%met the expected standard

Suffolk 60% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 14 January 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
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

2.3applications per place, Reception

0.5 above Suffolk median (1.8) close to England median (2.2)

46 applications · 20 places offered · 16 named it first

2026 2.3; Suffolk median median 1.8
2025 2.2; Suffolk median median 1.8
2024 1.9; Suffolk median median 1.8
2023 2.3; Suffolk median median 1.8
2022 2.1; Suffolk median median 1.8
2021 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.9
2020 2.4; Suffolk median median 1.7
2019 1.8; Suffolk median median 1.8
2018 1.9; Suffolk median median 1.8
2017 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.8
2016 2.4; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
2015 2.4; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
2014 2.2; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Suffolk median in 9 of 10 years.

This school
Suffolk median

Dashed bars: as Laureate Community Primary School and Nursery (URN 124545), 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	20	46	2.3	16	0.80
Sep 2025	29	63	2.2	34	1.17
Sep 2024	29	56	1.9	29	1.00
Sep 2023	30	70	2.3	34	1.13
Sep 2022	30	64	2.1	30	1.00
Sep 2021	29	58	2.0	26	0.90
Sep 2020	30	72	2.4	42	1.40
Sep 2019	28	49	1.8	22	0.79
Sep 2018	30	58	1.9	30	1.00
Sep 2017	30	60	2.0	36	1.20
Sep 2016 *	30	71	2.4	32	1.07
Sep 2015 *	30	73	2.4	42	1.40
Sep 2014 *	30	65	2.2	37	1.23

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 71% · Writing 86% · Maths 75% → all three 64% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard64%87th of 223 in Suffolk

Suffolk 60% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard71%

Suffolk 76% England 78%

Higher standard32%

Suffolk 32% England 33%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard86%

Suffolk 73% England 75%

Greater depth25%

Suffolk 11% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard75%

Suffolk 73% England 77%

Higher standard18%

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	64%	11%	105	104
2023/24	76%	14%	105	106
2022/23	66%	9%	104	105

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

Laureate Community AcademyThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.3applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Paddocks Primary School
0.7 km · Suffolk

Good2024

2.0applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy
1.5 km · Suffolk

Improved significantly2025

1.5applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
St Louis Catholic Academy
1.6 km · Suffolk

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.5applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Exning Primary School
1.7 km · Suffolk

2026

2.9applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
All Saints Church of England Primary School, Newmarket
2.2 km · Suffolk

Good2022

2.2applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
Ditton Lodge Primary School
2.7 km · Cambridgeshire

2026

1.7applications per place 96%met the SATs standard
Burwell Village College (Primary)
4.8 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2024

1.6applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
Fordham CofE Primary School
6.1 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2023

2.1applications per place 62%met the SATs standard

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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 converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 142993 · 935/2022
Trust: Unity Schools Partnership
Capacity: 210 pupils · 239 on roll
Free school meals: 13.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 July 2016
Replaced: Laureate Community Primary School and Nursery (URN 124545)
Address: Exning Road, Newmarket, CB8 0AN
Local authority: Suffolk · West Suffolk

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