St Edmund's Primary School

St Edmund’s Primary School has maintained its strong standards since the last inspection in 2019, showing effective leadership and a commitment to providing quality education. The school has navigated previous leadership challenges and has implemented a highly ambitious curriculum that fosters independence and resilience among pupils. With a newly opened nursery for two-year-olds, there is a focus on early skill development, and the school has succeeded in making learning engaging, particularly through outdoor opportunities and diverse activities. Pupils demonstrate a positive attitude towards learning, and the school community embodies values of kindness and respect.

Strengths

• The school fosters a culture of kindness and respect among pupils.
• Engaging curriculum that ensures high pupil engagement and achievement.
• Strong emphasis on reading from an early age with effective phonics implementation.
• Opportunities for outdoor learning and diverse extracurricular activities.
• Pupils are well-prepared for future challenges with a strong awareness of diversity and tolerance.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND, ensuring their inclusion and success.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent application of spelling, punctuation, and grammar in pupils' writing.

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 St Edmund's Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.4% 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, 0.0% of pupils at St Edmund's 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 St Edmund's Primary School had 13.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 40.0% 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, 12.3% of pupils at St Edmund's Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.3% 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 St Edmund's Primary School received £8,451 and spent £9,545 for each of its 72 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £34,000 (-£474 per pupil).

Across all 14 schools of Consortium Trust, income was £14,612 and spending £14,475 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 Eye · Suffolk local authority: places and applications

St Edmund's Primary School is part of Consortium Trust, which runs 14 schools. The nearest others:

• Mendham Primary School Harleston
• Helmingham Primary School and Nursery Stowmarket
• Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy Saxmundham
• Henley Primary School Ipswich
• Middleton Community Primary School Saxmundham
• Rendlesham Primary School Woodbridge
• Glebeland Community Primary School Beccles
• Barnby and North Cove Community Primary School Beccles
• Southwold Primary School Southwold
• Reedham Primary School Norwich

What is St Edmund's Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Edmund's Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was St Edmund's Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Edmund's Primary School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does St Edmund's Primary School have?

St Edmund's Primary School has 57 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Edmund's Primary School cover?

St Edmund's Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Edmund's Primary School?

St Edmund's Primary School is at Heckfield Green, Hoxne, Eye, Suffolk, IP21 5AD.