Place Farm Primary Academy

Place Farm Primary Academy is overall performing well, achieving a ‘Good’ rating across most domains, with notable strengths in behaviour and personal development, both rated as ‘Outstanding’. The school fosters a positive school culture, instilling its ‘PROUD’ values in pupils, who demonstrate resilience and optimism. Staff are dedicated to promoting a love of reading and supporting pupils with special educational needs, ensuring inclusivity and overall pupil achievement despite some areas needing improvement in curriculum delivery.

Strengths

• Outstanding behaviour and attitudes of pupils
• Strong emphasis on personal development and health education
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs
• Ambitious and well-planned curriculum
• Strong parental engagement and support

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent adaptation of the curriculum by some staff
• Lack of clarity among subject leaders on early years curriculum progression

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 Place Farm Primary Academy attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.1% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Place Farm Primary Academy 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 Place Farm Primary Academy had 40.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.6% 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, 4.6% of pupils at Place Farm Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.6% 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 2024–25 Place Farm Primary Academy received £6,718 and spent £6,891 for each of its 403 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £123,000 (£305 per pupil).

Across all 39 schools of Unity Schools Partnership, income was £8,494 and spending £8,500 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Haverhill · Suffolk local authority: places and applications

Place Farm Primary Academy is part of Unity Schools Partnership, which runs 40 schools. The nearest others:

• Castle Manor Academy Haverhill
• Burton End Primary Academy Haverhill
• Clements Primary Academy Haverhill
• Samuel Ward Academy Haverhill
• Westfield Primary Academy Haverhill
• Churchill Special Free School Haverhill
• Coupals Primary Academy Haverhill
• Kedington Primary Academy Haverhill
• Steeple Bumpstead Primary School Haverhill
• Wickhambrook Primary Academy Newmarket

What is Place Farm Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Place Farm Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Place Farm Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Place Farm Primary Academy was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Place Farm Primary Academy have?

Place Farm Primary Academy has 416 pupils on roll.

What age range does Place Farm Primary Academy cover?

Place Farm Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Place Farm Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Place Farm Primary Academy?

Place Farm Primary Academy is at Camps Road, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 8HF.