Report card · inspected Jul 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
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 14 July 2026Report card · 5 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard
- 21 November 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
- 29 June 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry36 applications · 23 places offered · 23 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2025 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2024 1.9; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2023 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2022 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2021 1.8; Suffolk median median 1.9
- 2020 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.7
- 2019 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2018 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2017 2.4; Suffolk median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 2.1; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 1.8; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Suffolk median
Dashed bars: as Poplars Community Primary School (URN 124639), 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 | 23 | 36 | 1.6 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 24 | 40 | 1.7 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 21 | 40 | 1.9 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 27 | 40 | 1.5 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 46 | 68 | 1.5 | 45 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 | 29 | 53 | 1.8 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 33 | 57 | 1.7 | 32 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 | 38 | 59 | 1.6 | 33 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2018 | 51 | 82 | 1.6 | 50 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2017 * | 33 | 78 | 2.4 | 31 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2016 * | 66 | 138 | 2.1 | 57 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2015 * | 66 | 116 | 1.8 | 63 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2014 * | 60 | 117 | 2.0 | 53 | 0.88 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 83% · Writing 83% · Maths 87% → all three 79% 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 | 79% | 9% | 106 | 106 |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 2% | 102 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 30% | 0% | 102 | 99 |
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
- Poplars Community Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.6applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 0.2 km · SuffolkGood20221.7applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 0.3 km · Suffolk20261.7applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · SuffolkGraded · no overall grade20241.3applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · SuffolkRemains Good20241.2applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · SuffolkOutstanding20242.0applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · SuffolkRemains Good · improving20231.2applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · SuffolkGood20231.7applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · SuffolkGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 58%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
- 145541 · 935/2147
- Capacity
- 598 pupils · 260 on roll
- Free school meals
- 47.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 March 2018
- Replaced
- Poplars Community Primary School (URN 124639)
- Address
- St Margaret's Road, Lowestoft, NR32 4HN
- Local authority
- Suffolk · East Suffolk
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources