Academy sponsor led · Suffolk

Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy

4–11Ages
332Pupils
PrimaryPhase
143861URN

Rowley Drive, Newmarket, CB8 0PU

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodNov 2019

Improved significantlyUngraded inspection · Jan 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.5per place

0.4 below Suffolk median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Suffolk

68 applications for 47 places · 127th of 165 in Suffolk

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

65%met the expected standard

Suffolk 60% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodNov 2019

Improved significantlyUngraded inspection · Jan 2025

The graded inspection, 6 November 2019Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Inspection history

22 January 2025
Ungraded inspection: Improved significantly
6 November 2019
Graded inspection: 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

1.5applications per place, Reception

0.4 below Suffolk median (1.8) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

68 applications · 47 places offered · 43 named it first

2026 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
2025 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.8
2024 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.8
2023 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.8
2022 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
2021 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.9
2020 1.2; Suffolk median median 1.7
2019 1.9; Suffolk median median 1.8
2018 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.8
2017 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.8
2016 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
2015 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
2014 1.7; 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 Houldsworth Valley Primary School (URN 124546), 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	47	68	1.5	43	0.91
Sep 2025	44	72	1.6	36	0.82
Sep 2024	37	62	1.7	36	0.97
Sep 2023	46	62	1.4	31	0.67
Sep 2022	34	52	1.5	30	0.88
Sep 2021	35	56	1.6	31	0.89
Sep 2020	54	63	1.2	37	0.69
Sep 2019	22	41	1.9	20	0.91
Sep 2018	33	43	1.3	28	0.85
Sep 2017	23	36	1.6	18	0.78
Sep 2016 *	60	78	1.3	36	0.60
Sep 2015 *	54	69	1.3	32	0.59
Sep 2014 *	37	61	1.7	26	0.70

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 67% · Writing 67% · Maths 71% → all three 65% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard65%83rd of 223 in Suffolk

Suffolk 60% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard67%

Suffolk 76% England 78%

Higher standard36%

Suffolk 32% England 33%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard67%

Suffolk 73% England 75%

Greater depth18%

Suffolk 11% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard71%

Suffolk 73% England 77%

Higher standard27%

Suffolk 21% England 24%

Average scaled score 105 (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	65%	11%	104	105
2023/24	79%	9%	105	106
2022/23	67%	8%	104	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

Houldsworth Valley Primary AcademyThis school
This school

Improved significantly2025

1.5applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
Paddocks Primary School
0.9 km · Suffolk

Good2024

2.0applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
St Louis Catholic Academy
0.9 km · Suffolk

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.5applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
All Saints Church of England Primary School, Newmarket
1.0 km · Suffolk

Good2022

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

2026

1.7applications per place 96%met the SATs standard
Laureate Community Academy
1.5 km · Suffolk

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.3applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Exning Primary School
3.0 km · Suffolk

2026

2.9applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Cheveley CofE Primary School
5.1 km · Cambridgeshire

Remains Good2023

1.6applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
Kettlefields Primary School
5.3 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2022

2.0applications per place 61%met the SATs standard

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: 143861 · 935/2199
Trust: Unity Schools Partnership
Capacity: 420 pupils · 332 on roll
Free school meals: 25.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: SEN unit
Opened: 1 January 2017
Replaced: Houldsworth Valley Primary School (URN 124546)
Address: Rowley Drive, Newmarket, CB8 0PU
Local authority: Suffolk · West Suffolk

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