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Henley Primary School

Primary · Ipswich · IP6 0QX

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 15 October 2024

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At a glance

89 pupils · 85% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
6.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.henleyprimaryschool.net
URN
144850

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 13 families named it first for 13 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 3.337 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 5 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2022 to 2026. At its inspection on 15 October 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

13 places offered · 13 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 (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 3.337 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

15 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
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
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 school67%
Median of its 12 closest peers74.5%
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
Shocklach Oviatt CofE Primary SchoolMalpas · 179 miles awayNo current grade0%
Thornton in Craven Community Primary SchoolThornton-in-Craven · 186 miles awayGood85%
Farrington Gurney Church of England Primary SchoolBristol · 168 miles awayNo current grade60%
Stockton-on-the-Forest Primary SchoolYork · 158 miles awayGood65%
Bishop Monkton Church of England Primary SchoolHarrogate · 175 miles awayGood80%
Great Corby School and NurseryCarlisle · 251 miles awayGood80%
St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, FangfossYork · 152 miles awayGood86%
Riston Church of England Primary AcademyHull · 135 miles awayGood69%
Yattendon C.E. Primary SchoolThatcham · 110 miles awayGood80%
Hunton and Arrathorne Community Primary SchoolBedale · 193 miles awayGood36%
Claverley CofE Primary SchoolWolverhampton · 149 miles awayNo current grade81%
Slingsby Community Primary SchoolYork · 166 miles awayGood64%

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 African 2% (Suffolk 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 2% (Suffolk 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 2% (Suffolk 7%, England 7%) · Black African 1% (Suffolk 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Suffolk 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Suffolk 2%, England 2%)

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)
4.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5.2%
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
22.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

60% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.7 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 £52,044; 40% 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 (2024-25)

This school£7,076
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£72,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher30.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work36.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier83.7%62.3%
Social housing6.7%17.1%
Privately rented9.5%20.5%
Detached houses67.9%22.9%
Flats1.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms37.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01030046 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£415,00013 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£355,000–£492,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (8)£476,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (4.25 km, 2022 entry): 434 sales, median £300,000. 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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
3a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a 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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