Claydon Primary School

Claydon Primary School has received a 'Good' rating in its first inspection, showcasing a strong performance across various domains including the quality of education, behaviour, personal development, and leadership. The school's leadership team has quickly established a collaborative environment, leading to high expectations for students and a positive school culture. Pupils express pride in their school and demonstrate respectful behaviour, contributing to a caring and safe atmosphere that encourages learning.

Strengths

• High expectations set by leaders for student achievement.
• Pupils feel proud and respected, contributing to a positive learning environment.
• Collaborative and well-planned curriculum from early years to Year 6.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Effective training provided for staff to improve teaching strategies.

Areas for Improvement

• Some curriculum plans and assessment systems are not fully developed.
• Fewer pupils have access to appropriately matched reading materials.

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 Claydon Primary School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.4% 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, 0.8% of pupils at Claydon 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 Claydon Primary School had 19.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.7% 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, 8.1% of pupils at Claydon Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.6% 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 Claydon Primary School received £5,964 and spent £6,160 for each of its 492 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £361,000 (£733 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Penrose Learning Trust, income was £7,759 and spending £7,612 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 Ipswich · Suffolk local authority: places and applications

Claydon Primary School is part of Penrose Learning Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• Claydon High School Ipswich
• Dale Hall Community Primary School Ipswich
• Hadleigh High School Ipswich
• East Bergholt High School Colchester
• Elmstead Primary School Colchester
• Colchester Academy Colchester
• Great Bentley Primary School Colchester
• Frinton-on-Sea Primary School Frinton-On-Sea

What is Claydon Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Claydon Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Claydon Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Claydon Primary School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Claydon Primary School have?

Claydon Primary School has 509 pupils on roll.

What age range does Claydon Primary School cover?

Claydon Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Claydon Primary School?

Claydon Primary School is at Lancaster Way, Claydon, Ipswich, IP6 0DX.