Hadleigh Community Primary School

Hadleigh Community Primary School demonstrates strong overall performance with many notable strengths. The school has developed a positive and inclusive culture where pupils feel safe and supported. Notably, high attendance rates and positive relationships foster a conducive learning environment, helping students progress steadily. The curriculum is described as ambitious and well-sequenced, equipping pupils with essential knowledge and skills for their next stages of learning, while also preparing them for secondary school effectively. Leaders are reflective and proactive in addressing the specific needs of all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Strengths

• Exceptionally high attendance rates
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils
• Effective support for pupils with SEND
• Well-structured and ambitious curriculum
• Positive behaviour and respect for others
• Inclusive culture where every pupil is valued
• Targeted support effectively addresses learning gaps

Areas for Improvement

• Need for further training to ensure all staff teach curriculum consistently well
• Governors should enhance their approach to checking leaders' curriculum improvement efforts

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Hadleigh Community Primary School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Hadleigh Community Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Hadleigh Community Primary School had 18.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 13.5% of pupils at Hadleigh Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Hadleigh Community Primary School received £6,966 and spent £7,000 for each of its 525 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £134,000 (£254 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Hadleigh Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hadleigh Community Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was Hadleigh Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hadleigh Community Primary School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Hadleigh Community Primary School have?

Hadleigh Community Primary School has 525 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hadleigh Community Primary School cover?

Hadleigh Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Hadleigh Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hadleigh Community Primary School?

Hadleigh Community Primary School is at Station Road, Hadleigh, Suffolk, IP7 5HQ.