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Grundisburgh Primary School

Primary · Woodbridge · IP13 6XH

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 23 June 2026 · report published 16 September 2026

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At a glance

169 pupils · 86% of 196 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
9.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.grundisburghprimaryschool.co.uk/
URN
124584

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 28 families named it first for 28 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 5 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2022 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 23 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

28 places offered · 28 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

24 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
67%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school67%
Median of its 12 closest peers68%
Suffolk average59.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Amotherby Community Primary SchoolMalton · 166 miles awayExpected standard71%
Harpole Primary SchoolNorthampton · 95 miles awayGood68%
Loxley Primary SchoolSheffield · 147 miles awayOutstanding87%
Mellis Church of England Primary SchoolEye · 16 miles awayGood (2019)65%
Horsendale Primary SchoolNottingham · 120 miles awayGood56%
Gislingham Church of England Primary SchoolEye · 16 miles awayGood75%
Maynards Green Community Primary SchoolHeathfield · 91 miles awayGood68%
Holy Trinity Church of England AcademyCalne · 146 miles awayExpected standard63%
East Ayton Community Primary SchoolScarborough · 164 miles awayGood59%
Yanwath Primary SchoolPenrith · 240 miles awayExpected standard100%
Goodrich CofE Primary SchoolRoss-on-Wye · 165 miles awayGood75%
Kirkland and Catterall St Helen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPreston · 208 miles awayGood65%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 90% (Suffolk 76%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Suffolk 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 4% (Suffolk 7%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Suffolk 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Suffolk 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Suffolk 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Suffolk 1%, England 1%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.20 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Suffolk: 5.10 suspensions and 0.08 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
21.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

95% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

54.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,070; 16.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,524
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £64,535; in-year balance -£2,618

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher40%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work45.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier78.2%62.3%
Social housing11.8%17.1%
Privately rented10%20.5%
Detached houses55.8%22.9%
Flats1.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms37.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01030175 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£462,50081 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£310,000–£660,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (42)£656,500
Semi-detached (31)£309,000
Terraced (8)£338,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
3a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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