Academy converter · Suffolk

Edgar Sewter Community Primary School

3–11Ages
266Pupils
PrimaryPhase
144444URN

Norwich Road, Halesworth, IP19 8BU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jul 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.6per place

0.2 below Suffolk median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

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19 applications for 12 places

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

41%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 · 3 July 2024Ofsted'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

1.6applications per place, Reception

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

19 applications · 12 places offered · 12 named it first

2026 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.8
2025 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.8
2024 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.8
2023 1.1; Suffolk median median 1.8
2022 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.8
2021 1.2; Suffolk median median 1.9
2020 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.7
2019 1.1; Suffolk median median 1.8
2018 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.8
2017 1.1; Suffolk median median 1.8
2016 1.2; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
2015 1.2; 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 0 of 10 years.

This school
Suffolk median

Dashed bars: as Edgar Sewter Community Primary School (URN 124585), 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	12	19	1.6	12	1.00
Sep 2025	19	24	1.3	19	1.00
Sep 2024	27	35	1.3	27	1.00
Sep 2023	31	34	1.1	31	1.00
Sep 2022	39	49	1.3	39	1.00
Sep 2021	36	42	1.2	35	0.97
Sep 2020	39	51	1.3	39	1.00
Sep 2019	38	43	1.1	37	0.97
Sep 2018	44	61	1.4	49	1.11
Sep 2017	37	42	1.1	37	1.00
Sep 2016 *	36	43	1.2	36	1.00
Sep 2015 *	42	51	1.2	40	0.95
Sep 2014 *	34	46	1.4	34	1.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 59% · Writing 54% · Maths 50% → all three 41% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard41%199th of 223 in Suffolk

Suffolk 60% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard59%

Suffolk 76% England 78%

Higher standard30%

Suffolk 32% England 33%

Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard54%

Suffolk 73% England 75%

Greater depth4%

Suffolk 11% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard50%

Suffolk 73% England 77%

Higher standard22%

Suffolk 21% England 24%

Average scaled score 101 (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	41%	4%	102	101
2023/24	46%	5%	103	101
2022/23	44%	4%	102	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

Edgar Sewter Community Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2024

1.6applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
Holton St Peter Community Primary School
1.6 km · Suffolk

2026

2.1applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
Bramfield Church of England Primary School
4.4 km · Suffolk

Standards maintained2025

1.9applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Wenhaston Primary School
4.8 km · Suffolk

Standards maintained2025

2.3applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Ilketshall St Lawrence School
5.1 km · Suffolk

2026

2.2applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Brampton Church of England Primary School
6.7 km · Suffolk

2026

2.1applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy
9.1 km · Suffolk

Remains Good2024

1.9applications per place 30%met the SATs standard
Ringsfield Church of England Primary School
9.4 km · Suffolk

2026

1.7applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
Middleton Community Primary School
11.0 km · Suffolk

Standards maintained2025

2.0applications per place

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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: 144444 · 935/2080
Trust: Asset Education
Capacity: 420 pupils · 266 on roll
Free school meals: 34.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 May 2017
Replaced: Edgar Sewter Community Primary School (URN 124585)
Address: Norwich Road, Halesworth, IP19 8BU
Local authority: Suffolk · East Suffolk

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