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Waldringfield Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 69 pupils Woodbridge
Ofsted: Requires Improvement
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Waldringfield Primary School is an academy converter in Woodbridge for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 69 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Waldringfield Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in June 2023 of its predecessor, Waldringfield Primary School.

Ofsted inspection: April 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Cliff Road
Waldringfield
Woodbridge
Suffolk
IP12 4QL
Reference Number 151189

General Makeup

Number of pupils 69
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 55.07%
Girls: 44.93%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 21.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 17.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 16
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 21

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 7 1 8
2 3 5 8
3 3 5 8
4 5 6 11
5 3 4 7
6 7 9 16

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 91.3%
White, Other 4.3%
Indian 1.4%
White & Black (African) 1.4%
Asian, Other 1.4%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Waldringfield Primary School, inspected in June 2023.

Overall Ofsted Rating Requires Improvement
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
04 Apr 2025 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 2 0
Third Preference 6 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Waldringfield Primary School had 65 pupils for 105 places. 40 places (38.1%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “Kesgrave and Martlesham” planning area

Suffolk counted 244 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 235 in 2029–30, down 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 2025–26 Waldringfield Primary School had 14.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 7.1
Teachers who left state teaching –
Teachers who took any sick leave –
Sick days per teacher –

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, 10.1% of pupils at Waldringfield Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Specific learning difficulty 5 0
Speech, language and communication needs 1 2
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 1
Multi-sensory impairment 0 2
Other difficulty or disability 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.

Name Distance
Birchwood Primary School
Valiant Road, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 3SP
2.27 miles
Bucklesham Primary School
Main Road, Bucklesham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP10 0AX
2.34 miles
Martlesham Primary Academy
Black Tiles Lane, Martlesham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4SS
2.53 miles
Gorseland Primary School
Deben Avenue, Martlesham Heath, Gorseland, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 3QR
2.6 miles
Kyson Primary School
Peterhouse Crescent, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4HX
2.87 miles
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Woodbridge
Burkitt Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4JJ
3.06 miles
Woodbridge Primary School
Wilkinson Way, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 1SS
3.18 miles
Cedarwood Primary School
Wilkinson Drive, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 2ES
3.4 miles
Sandlings Primary School
Easton Road, Sutton, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 3TD
3.41 miles
Melton Primary School
Melton Road, Melton, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 1PG
3.65 miles
Trimley St Martin Primary School
Kirton Road, Trimley St Martin, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 0QL
3.66 miles
Bealings School
Sandy Lane, Little Bealings, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 6LW
3.74 miles
Heath Primary School, Kesgrave
Bell Lane, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 1JG
3.84 miles
Nacton Church of England Primary School
The Street, Nacton, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP10 0EU
4.55 miles
Hollesley Primary School
School Lane, Hollesley, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 3RE
4.74 miles
Broke Hall Community Primary School
Chatsworth Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 5XD
4.81 miles
Trimley St Mary Primary School
High Road, Trimley St Mary, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 0ST
4.99 miles
Name Distance
Woodbridge School
Burkitt Road, Woodbridge, IP12 4JH
3.17 miles
Kesgrave High School
Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 2PB
3.43 miles
Farlingaye High School
Ransom Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4JX
3.44 miles
Orwell Park School
Nacton, Ipswich, IP10 0ER
4.85 miles

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What is Waldringfield Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Waldringfield Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in June 2023 of its predecessor, Waldringfield Primary School.

When was Waldringfield Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Waldringfield Primary School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Waldringfield Primary School have?

Waldringfield Primary School has 69 pupils on roll.

What age range does Waldringfield Primary School cover?

Waldringfield Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Waldringfield Primary School?

Waldringfield Primary School is at Cliff Road, Waldringfield, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4QL.

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