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Occold Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 53 pupils Eye
Ofsted: Good
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Occold Primary School is an academy converter in Eye for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 53 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Occold Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2017 of its predecessor, Occold Primary School. In 2025, 54% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: March 2023. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address The Street
Occold
Eye
Suffolk
IP23 7PL
Phone 01379678330
Reference Number 146173

General Makeup

Number of pupils 53
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 35.85%
Girls: 64.15%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 13.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 7.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 17.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 12

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 4 4 8
2 1 8 9
3 3 4 7
4 4 8 12
5 4 2 6
6 2 4 6

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 88.7%
White, Other 1.9%
Mixed, Other 1.9%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Occold Primary School, inspected in March 2017.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 18 Jan 2023 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
18 Jan 2023 School inspection
12 Sep 2018 Academy conversion letter
14 Mar 2017 Short inspection
Previously as Occold Primary School
29 Sep 2011 Full inspection:
13 Jan 2011 Curriculum and development visit
09 Feb 2009 Full inspection:
20 May 2008 Curriculum and development visit
07 Mar 2006 Full inspection:
08 May 2000 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 54%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

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 107
Maths 104

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 -0.4
Writing 1.4
Maths -2.1

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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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 4 0
Third Preference 2 0
From another Local Authority 1 1

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Occold Primary School had 49 pupils for 70 places. 21 places (30.0%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Eye Primary” planning area

Suffolk counted 114 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 127 in 2029–30, up 11%.

201920212022202320242025
Places 707070707070
Pupils 636063544849
Unfilled 10.0%14.3%10.0%22.9%31.4%30.0%

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 Occold Primary School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 4.4%3.0%5.6%3.3%3.6%4.4%
Unauthorised absence 0.1%1.8%0.9%0.6%1.2%1.0%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%1.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

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, 4.2% of pupils at Occold Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 13.61.51.712.57.58.229.2
Permanent exclusions 0000000

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 Occold Primary School had 14.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 10.011.08.411.26.66.47.28.1
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%10.3%–
Teachers who took any sick leave ––40.0%42.9%42.9%14.3%37.5%–
Sick days per teacher ––2.03.12.60.75.4–

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, 26.4% of pupils at Occold Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Specific learning difficulty 4 2
Social, emotional and mental health 2 1
No specialist assessment of need 2 0
Speech, language and communication needs 1 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 0
Hearing impairment 1 0
Moderate learning difficulty 1 0
Other difficulty or disability 1 0
Physical disability 1 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 Occold Primary School received £11,113 and spent £11,880 for each of its 48 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £189,000 (£3,937 per pupil).

Across all 15 schools of All Saints Schools Trust, income was £7,585 and spending £7,909 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £72,000£111,000£178,000£186,000£84,000£224,000£189,000
per pupil £1,222£1,660£2,969£2,912£1,591£4,576£3,937
In-year balance £47,000£23,000£73,000£7,000-£7,000£66,000-£37,000
per pupil £797£350£1,219£109-£132£1,340-£767

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
Thorndon Church of England Primary School
The Street, Thorndon, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7JR
1.12 miles
St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary School, Eye
Church Street, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7BD
2.04 miles
Wetheringsett Church of England Primary School
Church Street, Wetheringsett, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 5PJ
3.1 miles
St Edmund's Primary School
Heckfield Green, Hoxne, Eye, Suffolk, IP21 5AD
3.81 miles
Mellis Church of England Primary School
Yaxley Road, Mellis, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 8DP
3.92 miles
Worlingworth Church of England primary school
Worlingworth, Shop Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 7HX
4.2 miles
Sir Robert Hitcham Church of England Voluntary Aided School
School Corner, Debenham, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 6PL
4.45 miles
Mendlesham Primary School
Old Station Road, Mendlesham, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 5RT
4.63 miles
Bedfield Church of England Primary School
Bedfield, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 7EA
4.87 miles
Name Distance
Hartismere School
Castleton Way, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7BL
2.43 miles
Wetheringsett Manor School
Church Street, Wetheringsett – Cum- Brockford, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 5QX
2.86 miles
Debenham High School
Gracechurch Street, Debenham, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 6BL
4.71 miles
Stradbroke High School
Wilby Road, Stradbroke, Eye, Suffolk, IP21 5JN
4.98 miles

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What is Occold Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Occold Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2017 of its predecessor, Occold Primary School.

When was Occold Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Occold Primary School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Occold Primary School have?

Occold Primary School has 53 pupils on roll.

What age range does Occold Primary School cover?

Occold Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 54% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Occold Primary School?

Occold Primary School is at The Street, Occold, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7PL.

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