Report card · inspected May 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 19 May 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 8 February 2022Graded inspection: 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 entry6 applications · 4 places offered · 4 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2025 1.8; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2024 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2023 2.4; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2022 2.2; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2021 1.9; Suffolk median median 1.9
- 2020 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.7
- 2019 2.2; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2018 2.1; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2017 1.9; Suffolk median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 1.9; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 3.0; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Suffolk median
Dashed bars: as Barnby and North Cove Community Primary School (URN 124568), 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 | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 8 | 14 | 1.8 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 9 | 13 | 1.4 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 10 | 19 | 1.9 | 9 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2020 | 11 | 14 | 1.3 | 10 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2019 | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 6 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2016 * | 14 | 20 | 1.4 | 11 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2015 * | 12 | 23 | 1.9 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 7 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 83% · Writing 50% · Maths 50% → all three 33% 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 | 33% | 0% | 107 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 42% | 0% | 105 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 57% | 0% | 106 | 102 |
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
- Barnby and North Cove Community Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.5applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · SuffolkGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 3.8 km · SuffolkGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place
- 3.9 km · SuffolkGood20222.0applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 4.3 km · SuffolkGood20221.7applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 4.8 km · SuffolkGood20232.2applications per place
- 4.8 km · SuffolkRemains Good20241.8applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
- 5.3 km · SuffolkGood20221.7applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 5.4 km · Suffolk20261.5applications per place 38%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
- 144828 · 935/2208
- Trust
- Consortium Trust
- Capacity
- 105 pupils · 91 on roll
- Free school meals
- 29.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision and SEN unit
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2017
- Replaced
- Barnby and North Cove Community Primary School (URN 124568)
- Address
- The Street, Barnby, Beccles, NR34 7QB
- Local authority
- Suffolk · East Suffolk
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources