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Sexton's Manor Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 165 pupils Bury St Edmunds
Ofsted: Good

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%
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 98
Maths 96
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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 13 0
Third Preference 9 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

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%.

20242025
Places 210210
Pupils 188165
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

20252026
Pupils per adult 9.59.0
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
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0.73 miles
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Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery
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Tollgate Primary School
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St Edmund's Catholic Primary School
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2.25 miles
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Abbots Green Primary Academy
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Great Barton Church of England Primary Academy
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Pushforward Primary School
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Great Whelnetham Church of England Primary School
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4.38 miles
Barrow Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
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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

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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.

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