Ringsfield Church of England Primary School

Ringsfield Church of England Primary School is a small, highly inclusive school within the St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Diocesan Multi Academy Trust. Safeguarding standards are met, and pupils feel safe and a strong sense of belonging. Ofsted found particularly strong provision in early years, inclusion, and personal development and wellbeing, while achievement, attendance and behaviour, curriculum and teaching, and leadership and governance were judged to be at the expected standard. Pupils benefit from warm relationships, effective pastoral care, bespoke SEND support, inclusive enrichment, and a calm, orderly environment with little bullying. The main areas for development are attendance and challenge for more able pupils. Although leaders have improved attendance and persistent absence is below national averages, whole-school attendance remains below national figures. In addition, published outcomes for 2024/25 were below national averages in reading, writing and combined reading, writing and mathematics, and disadvantaged pupils' reading and combined RWM gaps are large, even though the school reports that disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND progress well from their starting points. Leaders are also asked to ensure teachers consistently adapt tasks so that more able pupils make the rapid progress they are capable of.

Strengths

• Highly inclusive school culture where pupils feel a strong sense of belonging.
• Strong early years provision with engaging, purposeful learning and good preparation for Year 1.
• Precise SEND and inclusion support, including bespoke plans and careful tracking of impact.
• Strong personal development and wellbeing programme tailored to the community.
• Warm, positive relationships and high-quality pastoral care in a small-school setting.
• Calm and orderly behaviour with clear routines and swift, effective handling of issues.
• Reading is a high priority, and pupils who need extra help catch up well.
• Inclusive enrichment, clubs, trips and meaningful pupil voice opportunities.
• Effective leadership, governance and trust collaboration, with staff wellbeing considered.
• Disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND progress well from their starting points in school assessment.
• Safeguarding standards are met, and pupils feel safe and know how to keep themselves safe.

Areas for Improvement

• Whole-school attendance remains below national figures, although leaders' work is leading to steady improvement.
• More able pupils are not always given sufficiently challenging tasks, so they do not always make accelerated progress.
• 2024/25 outcomes in reading, writing and combined reading, writing and mathematics were below national averages.
• Disadvantaged pupils' reading and combined RWM gaps are large, at around -30 percentage points.
• Curriculum and teaching are at the expected standard rather than strong, with some inconsistency in task adaptation.

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 Ringsfield Church of England Primary School attended 93.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.9% 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, 2.7% of pupils at Ringsfield Church of England 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 Ringsfield Church of England Primary School had 21.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.5% 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, 8.5% of pupils at Ringsfield Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.7% 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 Ringsfield Church of England Primary School received £7,424 and spent £7,488 for each of its 107 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £149,000 (£1,400 per pupil).

Across all 21 schools of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Diocesan Multi-Academy Trust, income was £7,618 and spending £7,433 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 Beccles · Suffolk local authority: places and applications

Ringsfield Church of England Primary School is part of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Diocesan Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

• Brampton Church of England Primary School Beccles
• Bramfield Church of England Primary School Halesworth
• Bedfield Church of England Primary School Woodbridge
• Mellis Church of England Primary School Eye
• Wetheringsett Church of England Primary School Stowmarket
• Eyke Church of England Primary School Woodbridge
• St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Woodbridge Woodbridge
• St Matthew's Church of England Primary School, Ipswich Ipswich
• Nacton Church of England Primary School Ipswich
• Sproughton Church of England Primary School Ipswich

What is Ringsfield Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ringsfield Church of England Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in September 2026.

When was Ringsfield Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ringsfield Church of England Primary School was last inspected in September 2026.

How many pupils does Ringsfield Church of England Primary School have?

Ringsfield Church of England Primary School has 118 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ringsfield Church of England Primary School cover?

Ringsfield Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Ringsfield Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

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

Where is Ringsfield Church of England Primary School?

Ringsfield Church of England Primary School is at School Road, Ringsfield, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8NZ.