Sexton's Manor Primary School
Sexton's Manor Primary School is an academy converter in Bury St Edmunds for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 165 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Sexton's Manor Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2018 of its predecessor, Sexton's Manor Community Primary School. In 2025, 27% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Suspensions are common here, with 8.6 in every 100 pupils suspended at least once in 2024/25 (nationally, 1.1). It has more teachers for its size than most primary schools: 14.6 pupils for each teacher in 2025/26, against 20.7 nationally.
Ofsted inspection: April 2024. KS2 results: 2025.
| Type | Primary / Academy converter |
| Age Range | 3-11 |
| Religion | Does not apply |
| Address | Greene Road Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 3HG |
| Phone | 01284754371 |
| Reference Number | 150689 |
General Makeup
| Number of pupils | 165 |
| Boy/Girl ratio |
Boys: 50.91%
Girls: 49.09% |
| Percentage of students eligible for free school meals | 24.3% |
| Percentage of students where English is not their first language | 7.9% |
Class Sizes
| Average size of one teacher classes | 19.4 |
| Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher | 19 |
| Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher | 21.7 |
Year Groups
| Year | Boys | Girls | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 11 | 19 |
| 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 |
| 3 | 14 | 15 | 29 |
| 4 | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| 6 | 16 | 8 | 24 |
Ethnicities
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| White, British | 76.4% |
| White, Other | 7.9% |
| Indian | 4.8% |
| Mixed, Other | 3.6% |
| White & Asian | 1.8% |
| African | 1.2% |
| Unclassified | 0.6% |
| Asian, Other | 0.6% |
This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Sexton's Manor Community Primary School, inspected in June 2018.
| Overall Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Last Report Date | This school has not had an inspection yet. |
| Date | Report |
|---|---|
| 06 Apr 2024 | Academy conversion letter |
How many students meet the standards
| Reading, Writing & Maths | School Score | Percentile (local) | Percentile (nationwide) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils meeting the expected standard | 27% | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
| Pupils meeting a higher standard | 0% | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
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 | 98 | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
| Maths | 96 | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
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| Second Preference | 13 | 0 |
| Third Preference | 9 | 0 |
| From another Local Authority | 0 | 0 |
Previous years
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In 2024–25 Sexton's Manor Primary School had 165 pupils for 210 places. 45 places (21.4%) were unfilled.
Pupils and places
Reception intake in the “Bury St Edmunds Primary” planning area
Suffolk counted 539 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 454 in 2029–30, down 16%.
| 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Places | 210 | 210 |
| Pupils | 188 | 165 |
| Unfilled | 10.5% | 21.4% |
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 Sexton's Manor Primary School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).
Sessions missed
Pupils persistently absent
| 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Authorised absence | 3.8% |
| Unauthorised absence | 1.6% |
| Severely absent pupils | 0.6% |
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, 8.6% of pupils at Sexton's Manor Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.
Pupils suspended at least once
| 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | 22.3 |
| Permanent exclusions | 0 |
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 Sexton's Manor Primary School had 14.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).
Pupils per teacher
Teachers who left the school within a year
| 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils per adult | 9.5 | 9.0 |
| Teachers who left state teaching | 4.5% | – |
| Teachers who took any sick leave | 71.4% | – |
| Sick days per teacher | 4.9 | – |
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, 20.6% of pupils at Sexton's Manor Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).
Pupils by main type of need
| SEN support | EHC plan | |
|---|---|---|
| No specialist assessment of need | 16 | 0 |
| Speech, language and communication needs | 9 | 1 |
| Social, emotional and mental health | 7 | 1 |
| Moderate learning difficulty | 2 | 0 |
| Autistic spectrum disorder | 0 | 1 |
| Other difficulty or disability | 0 | 1 |
| Severe learning difficulty | 0 | 1 |
| Specific learning difficulty | 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 Sexton's Manor Primary School received £7,591 and spent £7,862 for each of its 169 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £6,000 (£37 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
| 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Revenue reserve | £6,000 |
| per pupil | £37 |
| In-year balance | -£46,000 |
| per pupil | -£272 |
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 |
|
St Edmundsbury CofE Primary Academy
Grove Road, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3BJ |
0.73 miles |
|
Howard Community Academy
Beard Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 6SA |
0.78 miles |
|
Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery
Brooklands Close, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3JX |
1.03 miles |
|
Tollgate Primary School
Tollgate Lane, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 6DG |
1.06 miles |
|
St Edmund's Catholic Primary School
Westgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1QG |
1.36 miles |
|
Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School
Bridewell Lane, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1RE |
1.43 miles |
|
Hardwick Primary School
Steward Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 2PW |
1.97 miles |
|
Ickworth Park Primary School
Meadow Drive, Horringer, Meadow Drive, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5SB |
1.99 miles |
|
South Lee School
Nowton Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 2BT |
2.25 miles |
|
Sebert Wood Community Primary School
Sebert Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7EG |
2.33 miles |
|
Risby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Aylmer Close, Risby, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6RT |
2.43 miles |
|
Abbots Green Primary Academy
Airfield Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7PJ |
2.84 miles |
|
Great Barton Church of England Primary Academy
School Road, Great Barton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2RJ |
3.89 miles |
|
Pushforward Primary School
The Stable Barn, Blackthorpe, Blackthorpe, Bury St Edmunds, Rougham, Suffolk, IP30 9HZ |
4.13 miles |
|
Great Whelnetham Church of England Primary School
Stanningfield Road, Great Whelnetham, Bury St. Edmunds, IP30 0UA |
4.38 miles |
|
Barrow Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Colethorpe Lane, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5AU |
4.56 miles |
| Name | Distance |
|
Abbeygate Sixth Form College
Beetons Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3YU |
0.61 miles |
|
West Suffolk College
Out Risbygate, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3RL |
0.64 miles |
|
Abbey Gardens School
Beard Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 6SA |
0.75 miles |
|
King Edward VI CEVC School
Grove Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3BH |
0.8 miles |
|
Bury St Edmunds County High School
Beetons Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 6RF |
0.84 miles |
|
St Benedict's Catholic School
Beetons Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 6RH |
0.89 miles |
|
Learning Support, Western Area Education Office
New Shire Hall, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 2AR |
1.67 miles |
|
Priory School
Mount Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7BH |
1.8 miles |
|
Riverwalk School
Mayfield Road, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 2PD |
2.27 miles |
|
Sir Peter Hall School
Airfield Road, Bury St. Edmunds, IP32 7PJ |
2.88 miles |
|
Sybil Andrews Academy
Rougham Tower Avenue, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7QB |
3.13 miles |
|
Culford School
|
3.51 miles |
All schools in Bury St Edmunds · Suffolk local authority: places and applications
Sexton's Manor Primary School is part of All Saints Schools Trust, which runs 16 schools. The nearest others:
- Hardwick Primary School Bury St Edmunds
- Ickworth Park Primary School Bury St Edmunds
- Great Whelnetham Church of England Primary School Bury St. Edmunds
- Cockfield Church of England Primary School Bury St Edmunds
- Honington Church of England Primary School Bury St Edmunds
- Wortham Primary School Diss
- Thorndon Church of England Primary School Eye
- St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary School, Eye Eye
- Occold Primary School Eye
- Stradbroke Church of England Primary School Eye
What is Sexton's Manor Primary School's Ofsted rating?
The latest Ofsted rating for Sexton's Manor Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2018 of its predecessor, Sexton's Manor Community Primary School.
When was Sexton's Manor Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?
Sexton's Manor Primary School was last inspected in April 2024.
How many pupils does Sexton's Manor Primary School have?
Sexton's Manor Primary School has 165 pupils on roll.
What age range does Sexton's Manor Primary School cover?
Sexton's Manor Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.
What are Sexton's Manor Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?
In 2025, 27% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.
Where is Sexton's Manor Primary School?
Sexton's Manor Primary School is at Greene Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3HG.