Leiston Primary School

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address King George's Avenue
Leiston
Suffolk
IP16 4JQ
Phone 01728830745
Reference Number 141554

General Makeup

Number of pupils 396
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.75%
Girls: 50.25%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 37.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 6.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.7
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 25.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 26

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 28 25 53
2 23 25 48
3 21 30 51
4 33 25 58
5 23 29 52
6 26 21 47

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 85.1%
African 2.5%
White, Other 2%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.5%
White & Asian 1.5%
Unclassified 1.5%
Mixed, Other 1.5%
Indian 1.3%
White & Black (African) 1%
Irish 0.5%
Chinese 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
03 Jun 2025 School inspection
25 Apr 2023 School inspection
30 Nov 2017 Full inspection:
05 Nov 2014 Academy conversion letter
05 Mar 2012 Full inspection:
Previously as Leiston Primary School
05 Mar 2012 Full inspection:
11 Mar 2009 Full inspection:
11 Mar 2009 Full inspection:
05 Dec 2005 Full inspection:
05 Dec 2005 Full inspection:
19 Jun 2000 Full inspection
19 Jun 2000 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 64%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

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 104
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 -3.1
Writing -2.4
Maths -2.7

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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 5 0
Third Preference 3 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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