Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Suffolk
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 3 March 2026Report card · 5 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard
- 2 November 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry24 applications · 11 places offered · 11 named it first
- 2026 2.2; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2025 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2024 1.8; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2023 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2022 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2021 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.9
- 2020 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.7
- 2019 2.1; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2018 2.1; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2017 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2016 2.3; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 2.4; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Suffolk median
Dashed bars: as Ilketshall St Lawrence School (URN 124592), 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 | 11 | 24 | 2.2 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 15 | 23 | 1.5 | 16 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2024 | 15 | 27 | 1.8 | 20 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2023 | 13 | 20 | 1.5 | 12 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2022 | 15 | 30 | 2.0 | 17 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2021 | 15 | 30 | 2.0 | 14 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2020 | 11 | 19 | 1.7 | 10 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2019 | 15 | 32 | 2.1 | 21 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2018 | 14 | 30 | 2.1 | 13 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2017 | 13 | 20 | 1.5 | 11 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2016 * | 11 | 25 | 2.3 | 10 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2015 * | 15 | 36 | 2.4 | 22 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2014 * | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 9 | 0.90 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 56% · Writing 81% · Maths 69% → all three 56% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Suffolk median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 56% | 0% | 101 | 100 |
| 2023/24 | 77% | 15% | 108 | 106 |
| 2022/23 | 41% | 6% | 103 | 104 |
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
- Ilketshall St Lawrence SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.2applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 4.7 km · Suffolk20261.7applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 5.1 km · SuffolkGood20241.6applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
- 5.7 km · Suffolk20262.1applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 5.7 km · Suffolk20262.1applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 7.8 km · Suffolk20261.4applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
- 7.9 km · Suffolk20261.5applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
- 8.0 km · SuffolkGood20241.6applications per place 23%met the SATs standard
- 8.0 km · SuffolkRemains Good20241.8applications per place 82%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 converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 144445 · 935/2088
- Trust
- Asset Education
- Capacity
- 105 pupils · 99 on roll
- Free school meals
- 17.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 May 2017
- Replaced
- Ilketshall St Lawrence School (URN 124592)
- Address
- Hogg Lane, Ilketshall St Lawrence, Beccles, NR34 8ND
- Local authority
- Suffolk · East Suffolk
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources