Kelsale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Type Primary / Voluntary controlled school
Age Range 4-11
Religion Church of England
Address Carlton Road
Kelsale
Saxmundham
Suffolk
IP17 2NP
Phone 01728602297
Reference Number 124735

Kelsale Church of England Voluntary-Controlled Primary School continues to demonstrate strong performance, maintaining its status as a good school. The school fosters a warm and inclusive environment where pupils thrive academically and socially, adhering to its vision of learning and community engagement. With a well-structured curriculum that it designed to meet the diverse needs of its pupils, staff ensure that each child receives quality education while focusing on their overall development.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 159
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 60.38%
Girls: 39.62%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 15.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 1.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.7
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 21
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 24

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 10 7 17
2 14 9 23
3 14 7 21
4 16 9 25
5 11 12 23
6 16 11 27

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 94.3%
Mixed, Other 2.5%
White & Asian 1.3%
White, Other 0.6%
White & Black (African) 0.6%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 28 Sep 2022
Date Report
28 Sep 2022 School inspection
09 May 2017 Short inspection
19 Jun 2013 Full inspection:
04 Nov 2009 Full inspection:
09 Jul 2007 Full inspection:
03 Feb 2003 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupils exhibit good behavior and respect for one another.
  • The curriculum is ambitious and logically sequenced.
  • Teachers effectively use assessment in most subjects to identify pupils' knowledge gaps.
  • Pupils learn to read using a consistent phonics approach.
  • Support for pupils with special educational needs is effectively tailored.
  • Pupils demonstrate a strong understanding of diversity and inclusivity.

Areas for Improvement

  • Some subject leaders lack the necessary training to check early years curriculum effectively.
  • In a few subjects, assessment practices are not consistently effective.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 78%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 4%

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 105
Maths 106

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 -0.7
Writing -0.2
Maths -0.1

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Average Scaled Score

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 18 0
Third Preference 2 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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