Clare Community Primary School

Clare Community Primary School, inspected for the first time under section 5, is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all areas. The school is noted for creating a safe and welcoming environment where pupils enjoy learning and feel supported by the staff. The effective partnership between the leaders, trust, and governors has stabilized the school, enhancing the quality of education and pupil engagement. Parents express strong satisfaction, indicating that the school has flourished under current leadership after previous challenges. While the school excels in many areas, including the quality of education and the development of pupils' personal and social skills, there are some subjects, such as religious education, that require further development. Additionally, a few subject leaders are still acquiring the necessary skills to perform effectively in their roles. However, the overall resources and support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are commendable, ensuring full inclusion and progress for these students.

Strengths

• Pupils feel happy and safe at school.
• Strong leadership has stabilized the school.
• Pupils have positive attitudes and engage enthusiastically in learning.
• Good support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Well-structured phonics teaching in early years.
• High-quality personal development opportunities for pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Religious education curriculum is not as well developed as others.
• Some new subject leaders need support to develop their skills.

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 Clare Community Primary School attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.4% 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, 2.5% of pupils at Clare Community 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 Clare Community Primary School had 23.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.5% 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, 19.6% of pupils at Clare Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.0% 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 2023–24 Clare Community Primary School received £5,843 and spent £5,892 for each of its 197 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £84,000 (£426 per pupil).

Across all 22 schools of Anglian Learning, income was £7,149 and spending £7,313 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 Sudbury · Suffolk local authority: places and applications

Clare Community Primary School is part of Anglian Learning, which runs 22 schools. The nearest others:

• Stour Valley Community School Sudbury
• Meadow Primary School Cambridge
• Linton Heights Junior School Cambridge
• Wimbish Primary Academy Saffron Walden
• Linton Village College Cambridge
• Howard Community Academy Bury St Edmunds
• Kennett Primary School Newmarket
• The Pines Primary School Bury St. Edmunds
• Bottisham Community Primary School Cambridge
• Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport Saffron Walden

What is Clare Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Clare Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Clare Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Clare Community Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Clare Community Primary School have?

Clare Community Primary School has 199 pupils on roll.

What age range does Clare Community Primary School cover?

Clare Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Clare Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Clare Community Primary School?

Clare Community Primary School is at Erbury Place, Clare, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 8PZ.