Academy sponsor led · Suffolk

Clare Community Primary School

4–11Ages
199Pupils
PrimaryPhase
144399URN

Erbury Place, Clare, Sudbury, CO10 8PZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodFeb 2020

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.4per place

0.4 below Suffolk median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Suffolk

39 applications for 27 places · 130th of 165 in Suffolk

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

50%met the expected standard

Suffolk 60% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodFeb 2020

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025

The graded inspection, 13 February 2020Ofsted'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

Inspection history

22 January 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
13 February 2020
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

1.4applications per place, Reception

0.4 below Suffolk median (1.8) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

39 applications · 27 places offered · 25 named it first

2026 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.8
2025 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.8
2024 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.8
2023 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.8
2022 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
2021 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.9
2020 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.7
2019 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.8
2018 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.8
2017 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
2016 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
2015 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
2014 1.5; 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 Clare Community Primary School (URN 124533), 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	27	39	1.4	25	0.93
Sep 2025	28	37	1.3	28	1.00
Sep 2024	24	39	1.6	22	0.92
Sep 2023	27	39	1.4	27	1.00
Sep 2022	28	43	1.5	27	0.96
Sep 2021	13	26	2.0	13	1.00
Sep 2020	25	33	1.3	22	0.88
Sep 2019	26	35	1.4	26	1.00
Sep 2018	28	38	1.4	28	1.00
Sep 2017	25	38	1.5	24	0.96
Sep 2016 *	19	37	2.0	19	1.00
Sep 2015 *	30	47	1.6	29	0.97
Sep 2014 *	17	26	1.5	17	1.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 78% · Writing 56% · Maths 59% → all three 50% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard50%165th of 223 in Suffolk

Suffolk 60% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard78%

Suffolk 76% England 78%

Higher standard28%

Suffolk 32% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard56%

Suffolk 73% England 75%

Greater depth3%

Suffolk 11% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard59%

Suffolk 73% England 77%

Higher standard9%

Suffolk 21% England 24%

Average scaled score 103 (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	50%	0%	106	103
2023/24	67%	3%	106	103
2022/23	47%	3%	106	101

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

Clare Community Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

1.4applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
Cavendish Church of England Primary School
3.8 km · Suffolk

Special measures Inadequate2024

1.8applications per place
Belchamp St Paul Church of England Primary School
4.1 km · Essex

Good2024

2.0applications per place
Hundon Community Primary School
4.4 km · Suffolk

Standards maintained2025

2.9applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
Ridgewell Church of England Primary School
5.5 km · Essex

2026

1.5applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Kedington Primary Academy
6.4 km · Suffolk

Remains Good · improving2024

1.8applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
Glemsford Primary Academy
6.5 km · Suffolk

Remains Good2023

1.4applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Great Yeldham
6.9 km · Essex

Good2023

2.2applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
Coupals Primary Academy
8.2 km · Suffolk

Remains Good2023

1.9applications per place 77%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: 144399 · 935/2202
Trust: Anglian Learning
Capacity: 210 pupils · 199 on roll
Free school meals: 18.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 April 2017
Replaced: Clare Community Primary School (URN 124533)
Address: Erbury Place, Clare, Sudbury, CO10 8PZ
Local authority: Suffolk · West Suffolk

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