Report card · inspected Apr 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 | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Needs attention | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 21 April 2026Report card · 2 Expected standard, 5 Needs attention
- 14 June 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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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 entry3 applications · 1 places offered · 0 named it first
- 2026 3.0; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2025 9.0; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2024 1.2; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2023 1.2; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2022 2.3; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2021 2.4; Suffolk median median 1.9
- 2020 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.7
- 2019 2.2; Suffolk median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2018 2.1; Suffolk median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 2.5; Suffolk median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 3.3; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 7.5; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 2.4; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Suffolk median
Dashed bars: as Helmingham Primary School and Nursery (URN 124586), 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 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 6 | 7 | 1.2 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 3 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2018 * | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 8 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2017 * | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 3 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2015 * | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 5 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25all three 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 | ||||
| 2023/24 | ||||
| 2022/23 |
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
- Helmingham Primary School and NurseryThis schoolThis school20263.0applications per place
- 3.9 km · SuffolkGraded · no overall grade20252.6applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
- 5.0 km · SuffolkGood20231.4applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 5.9 km · SuffolkRemains Good20231.9applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
- 6.0 km · SuffolkGood20241.8applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 6.6 km · SuffolkRemains Good20233.3applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 6.7 km · SuffolkGood20222.4applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 7.8 km · SuffolkGraded · no overall grade20241.3applications per place
- 8.1 km · SuffolkGraded · no overall grade20242.9applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 146961 · 935/2228
- Trust
- Consortium Trust
- Capacity
- 90 pupils · 30 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 March 2019
- Replaced
- Helmingham Primary School and Nursery (URN 124586)
- Address
- School Road, Helmingham, Stowmarket, IP14 6EX
- Local authority
- Suffolk · Mid Suffolk
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources