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Ringsfield Church of England Primary School

  • 2–11Ages
  • 118Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 144849URN

School Road, Ringsfield, Beccles, NR34 8NZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jul 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.7per place
close to Suffolk median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Suffolk

19 applications for 11 places
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
50%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 14 July 2026Published 17 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsStrong standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected 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

  1. 14 July 2026
    Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
  2. 16 November 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains 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
1.7applications per place, Reception
close to Suffolk median (1.8) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

19 applications · 11 places offered · 10 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.8
  2. 2025 1.8; Suffolk median median 1.8
  3. 2024 1.8; Suffolk median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.8; Suffolk median median 1.8
  6. 2021 2.4; Suffolk median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.2; Suffolk median median 1.7
  8. 2019 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.8
  9. 2018 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.9; Suffolk median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.0; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.1; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Suffolk median

Dashed bars: as Ringsfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (URN 124741), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202611191.7100.91
Sep 202512221.8100.83
Sep 202412211.8121.00
Sep 202311171.6100.91
Sep 202212221.8100.83
Sep 202114332.4151.07
Sep 202016191.2171.06
Sep 201914282.0161.14
Sep 201817251.5171.00
Sep 20179171.991.00
Sep 2016 *15261.7151.00
Sep 2015 *661.030.50
Sep 2014 *7152.171.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 50% · Writing 57% · Maths 71% → all three 50% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard50%165th of 223 in Suffolk
Reading
Expected standard50%
Higher standard21%
Average scaled score 100 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard57%
Greater depth14%
Maths
Expected standard71%
Higher standard7%
Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Suffolk median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2550%7%100101
2023/2467%8%106106
2022/2369%15%105104

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

  • 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
144849 · 935/3101
Trust
St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Diocesan Multi-Academy Trust
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
90 pupils · 118 on roll
Free school meals
9.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 July 2017
Replaced
Ringsfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (URN 124741)
Address
School Road, Ringsfield, Beccles, NR34 8NZ
Local authority
Suffolk · East Suffolk

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources