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Exning Primary School

Primary · Newmarket · CB8 7EW

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Outstanding

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 15 January 2020

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At a glance

223 pupils · 99% of 225 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
16.1% of pupils
English as additional language
7.4% of pupils
SEN support
16.6% of pupils
EHC plan
11.3% of pupils
Website
https://www.exning.suffolk.sch.uk/
URN
151104

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.63 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 49 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
75%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.9%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.7%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
16
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£8,389
Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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