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Ravensmere Infant School

  • 4–7Ages
  • 52Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 143491URN

Fredericks Road, Beccles, NR34 9UL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
0.4 above Suffolk median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Suffolk

22 applications for 10 places
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 28 November 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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
2.2applications per place, Reception
0.4 above Suffolk median (1.8) close to England median (2.2)

22 applications · 10 places offered · 2 named it first

  1. 2026 2.2; Suffolk median median 1.8
  2. 2024 3.3; Suffolk median median 1.8
  3. 2023 2.1; Suffolk median median 1.8
  4. 2022 2.8; Suffolk median median 1.8
  5. 2021 2.6; Suffolk median median 1.9
  6. 2020 2.8; Suffolk median median 1.7
  7. 2019 2.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
  8. 2018 2.7; Suffolk median median 1.8
  9. 2017 2.7; Suffolk median median 1.8
  10. 2016 2.3; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
  11. 2015 2.5; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
  12. 2014 2.6; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Suffolk median in 9 of 9 years.
  • This school
  • Suffolk median

Dashed bars: as Ravensmere Infant School (URN 124571), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202610222.220.20
Sep 202502200.00
Sep 20248263.381.00
Sep 202315322.190.60
Sep 20228222.870.88
Sep 202111282.670.64
Sep 202012342.8110.92
Sep 201917432.5120.71
Sep 201819512.7221.16
Sep 201717452.7140.82
Sep 2016 *20452.3211.05
Sep 2015 *20502.5221.10
Sep 2014 *20512.6180.90

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  • 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 converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
143491 · 935/2064
Trust
The Active Learning Trust Limited
Capacity
60 pupils · 52 on roll
Free school meals
21.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 October 2016
Replaced
Ravensmere Infant School (URN 124571)
Address
Fredericks Road, Beccles, NR34 9UL
Local authority
Suffolk · East Suffolk

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