Academy converter · Suffolk

Bacton Primary School

4–11Ages
111Pupils
PrimaryPhase
143359URN

Taylors Green, Bacton, Stowmarket, IP14 4LL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.7per place

close to Suffolk median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Suffolk

24 applications for 14 places

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

47%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 · 6 June 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

1.7applications per place, Reception

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

24 applications · 14 places offered · 13 named it first

2026 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.8
2025 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.8
2024 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.8
2023 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.8
2022 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.8
2021 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.9
2020 1.1; Suffolk median median 1.7
2019 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.8
2018 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.8
2017 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.8
2016 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
2015 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
2014 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Suffolk median in 1 of 10 years.

This school
Suffolk median

Dashed bars: as Bacton Community Primary School (URN 124567), 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	14	24	1.7	13	0.93
Sep 2025	17	23	1.4	17	1.00
Sep 2024	8	16	2.0	7	0.88
Sep 2023	12	20	1.7	12	1.00
Sep 2022	15	24	1.6	14	0.93
Sep 2021	15	20	1.3	14	0.93
Sep 2020	15	17	1.1	15	1.00
Sep 2019	19	25	1.3	19	1.00
Sep 2018	20	25	1.3	20	1.00
Sep 2017	19	24	1.3	18	0.95
Sep 2016 *	30	40	1.3	29	0.97
Sep 2015 *	17	24	1.4	17	1.00
Sep 2014 *	23	32	1.4	21	0.91

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 58% · Writing 68% · Maths 53% → all three 47% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard47%179th of 223 in Suffolk

Suffolk 60% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard58%

Suffolk 76% England 78%

Higher standard5%

Suffolk 32% England 33%

Average scaled score 100 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard68%

Suffolk 73% England 75%

Greater depth11%

Suffolk 11% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard53%

Suffolk 73% England 77%

Higher standard5%

Suffolk 21% England 24%

Average scaled score 99 (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	47%	0%	100	99
2023/24	31%	0%	99	97
2022/23	67%	11%	105	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

Bacton Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2023

1.7applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
Old Newton Church of England Primary School
4.8 km · Suffolk

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Gislingham Church of England Primary School
4.8 km · Suffolk

Good2024

1.6applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Mendlesham Primary School
5.2 km · Suffolk

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.6applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
Crawford's Church of England Primary School
5.5 km · Suffolk

Good2023

1.4applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
Walsham-le-Willows Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
6.6 km · Suffolk

Good2023

1.8applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Elmswell Community Primary School
6.9 km · Suffolk

Standards maintained2025

1.3applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Freeman Community Primary School
7.3 km · Suffolk

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.8applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
Wetheringsett Church of England Primary School
7.4 km · Suffolk

Standards maintained2024

1.6applications per place

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 143359 · 935/2060
Trust: Oxlip Learning Partnership
Capacity: 210 pupils · 111 on roll
Free school meals: 27.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2016
Replaced: Bacton Community Primary School (URN 124567)
Address: Taylors Green, Bacton, Stowmarket, IP14 4LL
Local authority: Suffolk · Mid Suffolk

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