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Kingsfleet Primary School

Primary · Felixstowe · IP11 9LY

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 15 May 2024

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At a glance

185 pupils · 88% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
20% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.kingsfleetprimaryschool.co.uk
URN
124627

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 23 families named it first for 23 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 1.741 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 5 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2022 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 15 May 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

23 places offered · 23 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.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.741 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
52%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
17%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school52%
Median of its 12 closest peers68.5%
Suffolk average59.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Henham and Ugley Primary and Nursery SchoolBishop's Stortford · 48 miles awayGood70%
Potten End CofE Primary SchoolBerkhamsted · 82 miles awayExpected standard59%
Wolvey CofE Primary SchoolHinckley · 121 miles awayGood50%
St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, RochdaleManchester · 184 miles awayGood59%
Hallam Fields, BirstallLeicester · 117 miles awayGood85%
Lakefield CofE Primary SchoolGloucester · 160 miles awayNo current grade71%
Powick CofE Primary SchoolWorcester · 154 miles awayGood67%
All Saints' Catholic Primary SchoolSale · 185 miles awayExpected standard88%
Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church SchoolBurnley · 197 miles awayGood70%
Woodstone Community Primary SchoolCoalville · 128 miles awayGood (2016)71%
Westdale Junior SchoolNottingham · 125 miles awayGood63%
Barham Church of England Primary SchoolCANTERBURY · 54 miles awayGood58%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 85% (Suffolk 76%, England 60%) · Any other White background 6% (Suffolk 7%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Suffolk 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Suffolk 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Suffolk 2%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Suffolk 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Suffolk 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Suffolk 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 0%

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)
4.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · 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
23.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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)

62.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.1 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 £53,980; 25% 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£6,702
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £360,631; in-year balance +£53,422

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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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher28.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications19.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work36.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health39%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier83.5%62.3%
Social housing8%17.1%
Privately rented8.5%20.5%
Detached houses46.7%22.9%
Flats4.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms21.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van12.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01033450 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£371,500204 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£309,000–£476,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (105)£455,000
Semi-detached (60)£333,500
Terraced (27)£305,000
Flat (12)£197,500

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (2.80 km, 2024 entry): 908 sales, median £305,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
4an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an urban school averages 6.1

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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