Academy converter · Suffolk

Cedars Park Community Primary School

4–11Ages
389Pupils
PrimaryPhase
143360URN

Pintail Road, Stowmarket, IP14 5FP · 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

1.5per place

0.3 below Suffolk median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

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86 applications for 56 places · 109th of 165 in Suffolk

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

72%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 · 27 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

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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 entry

1.5applications per place, Reception

0.3 below Suffolk median (1.8) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

86 applications · 56 places offered · 48 named it first

2026 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
2025 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
2024 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
2023 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.8
2022 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.8
2021 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.9
2020 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.7
2019 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.8
2018 1.8; Suffolk median median 1.8
2017 1.8; Suffolk median median 1.8
2016 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
2015 2.1; 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 0 of 10 years.

This school
Suffolk median

Dashed bars: as Cedars Park Community Primary School (URN 134787), 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	56	86	1.5	48	0.86
Sep 2025	59	87	1.5	57	0.97
Sep 2024	51	77	1.5	47	0.92
Sep 2023	47	77	1.6	46	0.98
Sep 2022	44	63	1.4	43	0.98
Sep 2021	46	77	1.7	41	0.89
Sep 2020	46	68	1.5	43	0.93
Sep 2019	60	100	1.7	63	1.05
Sep 2018	60	106	1.8	59	0.98
Sep 2017	49	90	1.8	46	0.94
Sep 2016 *	60	118	2.0	66	1.10
Sep 2015 *	60	124	2.1	88	1.47
Sep 2014 *	59	128	2.2	82	1.39

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 85% · Writing 79% · Maths 79% → all three 72% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard72%47th of 223 in Suffolk

Suffolk 60% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard85%

Suffolk 76% England 78%

Higher standard51%

Suffolk 32% England 33%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard79%

Suffolk 73% England 75%

Greater depth15%

Suffolk 11% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard79%

Suffolk 73% England 77%

Higher standard26%

Suffolk 21% England 24%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

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Suffolk median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	72%	5%	107	105
2023/24	60%	17%	105	103
2022/23	66%	6%	106	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

Cedars Park Community Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2023

1.5applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
Freeman Community Primary School
1.6 km · Suffolk

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.8applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
Chilton Community Primary School
1.6 km · Suffolk

Standards maintained2025

2.7applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
Combs Ford Primary School
1.6 km · Suffolk

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.9applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
Abbot's Hall Community Primary School
1.7 km · Suffolk

Standards maintained2024

2.2applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Trinity Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
1.9 km · Suffolk

Standards maintained2024

1.9applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
Wood Ley Community Primary School
2.4 km · Suffolk

2026

2.6applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
Grace Cook Primary School
2.6 km · Suffolk

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.4applications per place
Old Newton Church of England Primary School
3.3 km · Suffolk

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.5applications per place 67%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: 143360 · 935/3345
Trust: Oxlip Learning Partnership
Capacity: 420 pupils · 389 on roll
Free school meals: 13.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2016
Replaced: Cedars Park Community Primary School (URN 134787)
Address: Pintail Road, Stowmarket, IP14 5FP
Local authority: Suffolk · Mid Suffolk

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