Trimley St Martin Primary School

Trimley St Martin Primary School is performing well, consistently providing a good educational environment for its pupils. The school fosters a happy and safe atmosphere, allowing students to develop strong relationships with peers and staff. High expectations for academic success and personal development are evident, with pupils being well-prepared for their transition to secondary education. There is a clear commitment to nurturing students through various leadership roles and a structured approach to teaching subjects such as reading and phonics. However, the school faces challenges in some subjects where curriculum plans have not yet fully defined the essential knowledge pupils need to master. This gap in the curriculum means that students may not develop the same depth of understanding in these areas. Additionally, there is variability in writing expectations, leading to missed opportunities for pupils to practice and enhance their writing skills.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit positive attitudes towards learning.
• Students feel happy and safe at school.
• The school promotes excellent relationships among staff, pupils, and families.
• The curriculum is well-designed to build knowledge sequentially.
• Pupils engage in various leadership roles, enhancing their development.
• A structured approach to reading is successfully implemented.
• Pupils with SEND achieve well due to personalized learning plans.
• The school provides numerous extracurricular clubs for students.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack clarity in identifying key knowledge and skills.
• Opportunities for pupils to write extensively are not consistently provided.

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 Trimley St Martin Primary School attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.6% 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, 1.7% of pupils at Trimley St Martin 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 Trimley St Martin Primary School had 19.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.9% 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, 23.2% of pupils at Trimley St Martin Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.8% 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 Trimley St Martin Primary School received £8,104 and spent £8,698 for each of its 168 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £14,000 (£81 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 Trimley St Martin Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Trimley St Martin Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Trimley St Martin Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Trimley St Martin Primary School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Trimley St Martin Primary School have?

Trimley St Martin Primary School has 168 pupils on roll.

What age range does Trimley St Martin Primary School cover?

Trimley St Martin Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Trimley St Martin Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Trimley St Martin Primary School?

Trimley St Martin Primary School is at Kirton Road, Trimley St Martin, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 0QL.