Academy converter · Suffolk

Hardwick Primary School

4–11Ages
190Pupils
PrimaryPhase
148509URN

Steward Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 2PW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodJun 2013

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Feb 2024

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.8per place

close to Suffolk median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Suffolk

38 applications for 21 places · 72nd of 165 in Suffolk

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

35%met the expected standard

Suffolk 60% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodJun 2013

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Feb 2024

Inspection history

28 February 2024
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
25 June 2013
Graded inspection: Good · as Hardwick Primary School, URN 124561

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

1.8applications per place, Reception

close to Suffolk median (1.8) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

38 applications · 21 places offered · 21 named it first

2026 1.8; Suffolk median median 1.8
2025 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
2024 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.8
2023 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.8
2022 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
2021 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
2020 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
2019 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.8; as the previous school
2018 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.8; as the previous school
2017 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.8; as the previous school
2016 1.8; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
2015 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
2014 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Suffolk median in 0 of 5 years.

This school
Suffolk median

Dashed bars: as Hardwick Primary School (URN 124561), 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	21	38	1.8	21	1.00
Sep 2025	29	44	1.5	29	1.00
Sep 2024	29	49	1.7	30	1.03
Sep 2023	27	37	1.4	26	0.96
Sep 2022	29	43	1.5	27	0.93
Sep 2021 *	21	32	1.5	20	0.95
Sep 2020 *	40	59	1.5	39	0.98
Sep 2019 *	27	44	1.6	27	1.00
Sep 2018 *	38	66	1.7	38	1.00
Sep 2017 *	31	50	1.6	30	0.97
Sep 2016 *	41	73	1.8	40	0.98
Sep 2015 *	33	67	2.0	28	0.85
Sep 2014 *	44	88	2.0	42	0.95

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 59% · Writing 50% · Maths 50% → all three 35% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard35%208th of 223 in Suffolk

Suffolk 60% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard59%

Suffolk 76% England 78%

Higher standard15%

Suffolk 32% England 33%

Average scaled score 100 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard50%

Suffolk 73% England 75%

Greater depth6%

Suffolk 11% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard50%

Suffolk 73% England 77%

Higher standard12%

Suffolk 21% England 24%

Average scaled score 100 (100 = expected standard)

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Suffolk median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	35%	3%	100	100
2023/24	53%	0%	103	99
2022/23	41%	0%	101	101

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

Hardwick Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Remains Good2024

1.8applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
St Edmund's Catholic Primary School
1.0 km · Suffolk

Remains Good2022
Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School
1.1 km · Suffolk

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.3applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery
1.5 km · Suffolk

2026

2.0applications per place 39%met the SATs standard
Sebert Wood Community Primary School
1.6 km · Suffolk

Good2023

2.3applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
St Edmundsbury CofE Primary Academy
2.3 km · Suffolk

Requires improvement2024

1.6applications per place 25%met the SATs standard
Abbeygate Sixth Form College
2.3 km · Suffolk

Not yet inspected
Abbots Green Primary Academy
2.6 km · Suffolk

Good2022

1.6applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
Sexton's Manor Primary School
3.2 km · Suffolk

Not yet inspected

2.2applications per place 27%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

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School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 148509 · 935/2045
Trust: All Saints Schools Trust
Capacity: 255 pupils · 190 on roll
Free school meals: 23.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 April 2021
Replaced: Hardwick Primary School (URN 124561)
Address: Steward Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 2PW
Local authority: Suffolk · West Suffolk

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources