Holbrook Primary School

Type Primary / Community school
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address The Street
Holbrook
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP9 2PZ
Phone 01473328225
Reference Number 124588

Holbrook Primary School continues to demonstrate good overall performance, providing a supportive and engaging learning environment where pupils thrive. The school encourages students to be enthusiastic about their education, and as a result, they achieve well across a broad curriculum. Pupils enjoy attending school, showing good behavior and participation in school activities, and they are well-prepared for future educational stages. Families appreciate the school’s strong ties to the community and the emphasis on personal development.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 182
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.3%
Girls: 46.7%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 9.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 4.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 27.2
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26.5
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 12 15 27
2 13 13 26
3 16 10 26
4 14 14 28
5 23 5 28
6 9 19 28

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 85.2%
White, Other 7.7%
Unclassified 2.7%
White & Asian 1.6%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.1%
White & Black (African) 0.5%
African 0.5%
Mixed, Other 0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 06 Apr 2022
Date Report
06 Apr 2022 School inspection
21 Feb 2017 Full inspection:
31 May 2012 Full inspection:
30 Jun 2010 Interim assessment
22 Feb 2007 Full inspection:
14 Oct 2002 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupils participate enthusiastically in a wide range of subjects.
  • Teachers adapt lessons effectively to address misunderstandings.
  • Strong emphasis on reading from an early stage.
  • Pupils with SEND receive adequate support to make strong progress.
  • Leaders promote a strong understanding of equality and fairness.

Areas for Improvement

  • In some subjects, important knowledge is not revisited frequently enough.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 68%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 14%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 107
Maths 103

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -2.9
Writing 1.5
Maths -7

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Average Scaled Score

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Progress Scores

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 12 1
Third Preference 2 0
From another Local Authority 1 0

Previous Years

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Name Distance
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