What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Full 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 entryFaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2025 1.8; Suffolk median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2024 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2023 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2022 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2021 1.6; 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 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 1.8; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Suffolk median
Dashed bars: as St Edmund's Catholic Primary School (URN 124764), the previous school.
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 * | 53 | 92 | 1.7 | 51 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 * | 57 | 100 | 1.8 | 57 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 * | 53 | 83 | 1.6 | 51 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 * | 46 | 77 | 1.7 | 45 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 * | 56 | 96 | 1.7 | 49 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2021 * | 44 | 72 | 1.6 | 43 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2020 * | 49 | 75 | 1.5 | 49 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 57 | 92 | 1.6 | 56 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2018 * | 39 | 61 | 1.6 | 38 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 * | 46 | 64 | 1.4 | 45 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 * | 44 | 77 | 1.8 | 39 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2015 * | 59 | 85 | 1.4 | 51 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2014 * | 50 | 73 | 1.5 | 50 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Edmund's Catholic Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good2022
- 0.3 km · SuffolkGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Suffolk20262.0applications per place 39%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · SuffolkRemains Good20241.8applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · SuffolkRequires improvement20241.6applications per place 25%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · SuffolkNot yet inspected
- 1.8 km · SuffolkGood20232.3applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · SuffolkNot yet inspected2.2applications per place 27%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · SuffolkGood20231.4applications per place 68%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
- 152143 · 935/3311
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 420 pupils
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 September 2026
- Replaced
- St Edmund's Catholic Primary School (URN 124764)
- Address
- Westgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1QG
- Local authority
- Suffolk · West Suffolk
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources