The Albert Pye Community Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 350 pupils Beccles
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The Albert Pye Community Primary School is an academy converter in Beccles for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 350 pupils on roll. In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Frederick's Road
Beccles
Suffolk
NR34 9UL
Phone 01502713420
Reference Number 143492

General Makeup

Number of pupils 350
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.29%
Girls: 51.71%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 25.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 3.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 24.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27.1

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 18 16 34
2 17 20 37
3 23 24 47
4 24 31 55
5 27 28 55
6 28 32 60

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 93.7%
White, Other 1.7%
White & Asian 1.4%
Mixed, Other 1.4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.9%
Indian 0.3%
White & Black (African) 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 11 Jun 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
11 Jun 2024 School inspection
13 Nov 2018 Short inspection
06 Oct 2016 Academy conversion letter
05 Jun 2013 Full inspection:
Previously as The Albert Pye Community Primary School
19 May 2010 Full inspection:
25 Jan 2007 Full inspection:
28 Jan 2002 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 82%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 18%

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 109
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 -1.1
Writing -0.2
Maths -0.5

How many students meet the standards

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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.

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Progress Scores

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 15 0
Third Preference 6 0
From another Local Authority 2 1

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 The Albert Pye Community Primary School had 334 pupils for 360 places. 26 places (7.2%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Beccles Primary” planning area

Suffolk counted 157 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 172 in 2029–30, up 10%.

20172018201920212022202320242025
Places 360360360360360360360360
Pupils 359355357359362355346334
Unfilled 0.3%1.4%0.8%0.3%0.0%1.4%3.9%7.2%

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 The Albert Pye Community Primary School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.2%3.4%2.8%6.2%5.4%5.0%3.9%
Unauthorised absence 0.7%0.9%0.4%1.0%0.9%1.0%0.8%
Severely absent pupils 0.3%0.3%0.3%0.9%0.6%0.6%1.6%

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, 1.6% of pupils at The Albert Pye Community Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.30.30.30.00.53.87.34.3
Permanent exclusions 00000001

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 The Albert Pye Community Primary School had 22.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 23.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 13.615.513.013.116.714.112.512.59.29.8
Teachers who left state teaching 3.6%1.2%5.6%5.9%0.0%6.3%11.7%9.9%5.2%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –0.0%65.0%–57.9%94.4%75.0%57.9%66.7%–
Sick days per teacher –0.01.9–2.09.16.76.910.6–

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, 17.4% of pupils at The Albert Pye Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 21 12
Speech, language and communication needs 20 1
Moderate learning difficulty 11 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 4 1
No specialist assessment of need 3 0
Other difficulty or disability 2 0

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 The Albert Pye Community Primary School received £7,407 and spent £7,459 for each of its 354 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £422,000 (£1,192 per pupil).

Across all 18 schools of The Active Learning Trust Limited, income was £8,366 and spending £8,624 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £156,000£179,000£225,000£234,000£544,000£494,000£422,000
per pupil £411£473£574£611£1,412£1,294£1,192
In-year balance £81,000-£24,000£101,000£23,000-£90,000-£212,000-£18,000
per pupil £213-£63£259£60-£234-£554-£51

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.

Name Distance
Ravensmere Infant School
Fredericks Road, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 9UL
0.01 miles
St Benet's RC Primary School and Nursery
Ringsfield Road, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 9PQ
0.34 miles
Beccles Primary Academy
Ellough Road, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7AB
0.58 miles
Worlingham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Garden Lane, Worlingham, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7SB
1.2 miles
Gillingham St Michael's Church of England Primary Academy
The Boundaries, Geldeston Road, Gillingham, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 0HT
1.69 miles
Ringsfield Church of England Primary School
School Road, Ringsfield, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8NZ
2.03 miles
Barnby and North Cove Community Primary School
The Street, Barnby, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7QB
3 miles
Glebeland Community Primary School
Beccles Road, Toft Monks, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 0EW
3.59 miles
Ellingham VC Primary School
Church Road, Ellingham, Ellingham Vc Primary School, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 2PZ
3.98 miles
Brampton Church of England Primary School
Southwold Road, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8DW
4.86 miles
Ilketshall St Lawrence School
Hogg Lane, Ilketshall St Lawrence, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8ND
4.98 miles
Name Distance
Beccles High School
Castle Hill, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7BQ
0.32 miles
Sir John Leman High School
Ringsfield Road, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 9PG
0.38 miles
Turnstone House School
Birtwick Park, Old Bungay Road, Kirby Cane, BUNGAY, Suffolk, NR35 2HP
4.12 miles
Castle EAST School
Hillside Road East, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1JS
4.74 miles

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The Albert Pye Community Primary School is part of The Active Learning Trust Limited, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does The Albert Pye Community Primary School have?

The Albert Pye Community Primary School has 350 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Albert Pye Community Primary School cover?

The Albert Pye Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are The Albert Pye Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is The Albert Pye Community Primary School?

The Albert Pye Community Primary School is at Frederick's Road, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 9UL.

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