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Abbot's Hall Community Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 366 pupils Stowmarket
Ofsted: Good
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Abbot's Hall Community Primary School is an academy converter in Stowmarket for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 366 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Abbot's Hall Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2018 of its predecessor, Abbot's Hall Community Primary School. In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: December 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Danescourt Avenue
Stowmarket
Suffolk
IP14 1QF
Phone 01449612818
Reference Number 147933

General Makeup

Number of pupils 366
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.19%
Girls: 47.81%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 16.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 7.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26.1
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 23.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 25 17 42
2 24 20 44
3 31 21 52
4 29 31 60
5 31 25 56
6 30 28 58

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 89.6%
White, Other 3.3%
African 2.2%
Chinese 1.4%
Mixed, Other 1.4%
Unclassified 1.1%
Indian 0.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.3%
White & Asian 0.3%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Abbot's Hall Community Primary School, inspected in January 2018.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 19 Nov 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
19 Nov 2024 School inspection
05 May 2020 Academy conversion letter
31 Jan 2018 Full inspection:
Previously as Abbot's Hall Community Primary School
18 Sep 2013 Full inspection:
09 Jan 2012 Interim assessment
10 Dec 2008 Full inspection:
21 Sep 2005 Full inspection:
18 Oct 1999 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 63%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 14%

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 108
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
Writing -1.1
Maths -0.3

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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 34 3
Third Preference 38 2
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Abbot's Hall Community Primary School had 362 pupils for 420 places. 58 places (13.8%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Stowmarket Primary” planning area

Suffolk counted 266 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 320 in 2029–30, up 20%.

20212022202320242025
Places 420420420420420
Pupils 400400395374362
Unfilled 4.8%4.8%6.0%11.0%13.8%

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 Abbot's Hall Community Primary School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20212022202320242025
Authorised absence 1.6%5.2%3.8%3.7%3.7%
Unauthorised absence 0.3%0.6%0.7%0.8%0.7%
Severely absent pupils 0.3%0.6%0.0%0.0%0.3%

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, 0.6% of pupils at Abbot's Hall Community Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.71.30.01.32.92.5
Permanent exclusions 000000

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 Abbot's Hall Community Primary School had 19.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 11.711.111.111.79.910.1
Teachers who left state teaching 13.6%3.3%34.4%13.7%14.7%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 34.8%59.1%52.6%86.4%52.2%–
Sick days per teacher 2.41.82.97.27.8–

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, 10.4% of pupils at Abbot's Hall Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 16 8
No specialist assessment of need 11 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 4 2
Social, emotional and mental health 3 3
Physical disability 3 1
Specific learning difficulty 1 2
Hearing impairment 0 1

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 Abbot's Hall Community Primary School received £6,032 and spent £6,488 for each of its 361 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £306,000 (£848 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of The Children'S Endeavour Trust, income was £6,385 and spending £6,340 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

20212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £470,000£545,000£484,000£481,000£306,000
per pupil £1,181£1,384£1,223£1,290£848
In-year balance £324,000-£1,000-£58,000£7,000-£165,000
per pupil £814-£3-£146£20-£457

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
Chilton Community Primary School
Violet Hill Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1NN
0.47 miles
Pushforward Secondary School
Summer House, 24 Bury Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1JF
0.66 miles
Combs Ford Primary School
Glemsford Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 2PN
0.71 miles
Wood Ley Community Primary School
Lowry Way, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1UF
0.81 miles
Trinity Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Lavenham Way, Combs, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 2BZ
0.9 miles
Cedars Park Community Primary School
Pintail Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 5FP
1.04 miles
Grace Cook Primary School
Fuller Way, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1GG
1.14 miles
Freeman Community Primary School
Church Road, Stowupland, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 4BQ
2.01 miles
Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
High Road, Great Finborough, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 3AQ
2.08 miles
Old Newton Church of England Primary School
School Road, Old Newton, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 4PJ
2.72 miles
Crawford's Church of England Primary School
Green Road, Haughley, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 3QZ
2.76 miles
Creeting St Mary Church of England Primary School
All Saints Road, Creeting St Mary, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 8NF
3.3 miles
Bosmere Community Primary School
Quinton Road, Needham Market, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 8BP
3.37 miles
Ringshall School
Offton Road, Ringshall, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 2JD
4.27 miles
Rattlesden Church of England Primary Academy
School Road, Rattlesden, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 0SE
4.35 miles
Elmswell Community Primary School
Oxer Close, Elmswell, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 9UE
4.65 miles
Woolpit Primary Academy
Heath Road, Woolpit, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 9RU
4.75 miles
Name Distance
Stowmarket High School
Onehouse Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1QR
0.63 miles
Stowupland High School
Church Road, Stowupland, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 4BQ
1.71 miles
Finborough School
The Hall, Stowmarket, IP14 3EF
1.88 miles

All schools in Stowmarket · Suffolk local authority: places and applications

Abbot's Hall Community Primary School is part of The Children'S Endeavour Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

What is Abbot's Hall Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Abbot's Hall Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2018 of its predecessor, Abbot's Hall Community Primary School.

When was Abbot's Hall Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Abbot's Hall Community Primary School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Abbot's Hall Community Primary School have?

Abbot's Hall Community Primary School has 366 pupils on roll.

What age range does Abbot's Hall Community Primary School cover?

Abbot's Hall Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Abbot's Hall Community Primary School?

Abbot's Hall Community Primary School is at Danescourt Avenue, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1QF.

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