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Kersey Church of England Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 40Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 148846URN

Cherry Hill, Kersey, Ipswich, IP7 6EG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
close to Suffolk median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

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13 applications for 8 places

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 25 June 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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
1.6applications per place, Reception
close to Suffolk median (1.8) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

13 applications · 8 places offered · 8 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.8
  2. 2025 2.8; Suffolk median median 1.8
  3. 2024 3.0; Suffolk median median 1.8
  4. 2023 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.8
  5. 2022 2.4; Suffolk median median 1.8
  6. 2021 2.5; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
  7. 2020 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
  8. 2019 4.4; Suffolk median median 1.8; as the previous school
  9. 2018 2.7; Suffolk median median 1.8; as the previous school
  10. 2017 3.0; Suffolk median median 1.8; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.9; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.2; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
  13. 2014 3.3; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Suffolk median in 4 of 5 years.
  • This school
  • Suffolk median

Dashed bars: as Kersey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (URN 124705), 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 20268131.681.00
Sep 20255142.851.00
Sep 20246183.040.67
Sep 20239182.091.00
Sep 20225122.451.00
Sep 2021 *6152.540.67
Sep 2020 *10171.770.70
Sep 2019 *5224.451.00
Sep 2018 *6162.761.00
Sep 2017 *11333.0131.18
Sep 2016 *12231.9121.00
Sep 2015 *12262.2121.00
Sep 2014 *9303.391.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

all three met the expected standard, End of Year 6

  • This school
  • Suffolk median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/25
2023/2433%0%108103
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

  • 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
148846 · 935/3042
Trust
The Tilian Partnership
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
77 pupils · 40 on roll
Free school meals
25.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 November 2021
Replaced
Kersey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (URN 124705)
Address
Cherry Hill, Kersey, Ipswich, IP7 6EG
Local authority
Suffolk · Babergh

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