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Edgar Sewter Community Primary School

Halesworth, IP19 8BU · Suffolk · primary school

Ofsted: Good · 2024 Inspected 1 year ago Mixed Primary
3.0/10 Below average

173rd of 232 primary schools in Suffolk we can score, 253 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Its results hold up when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — 1.8/10 against 2,202 of them, against 1.9/10 nationally. So this is not simply a reflection of who attends. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Expected standard (RWM) 2024/25 41.0 · 9 40% 0.36
Ofsted 52 35% 1.81
Higher standard (RWM) 2024/25 4.0 · 35 25% 0.88

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. In 2024/25, 41.0% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths, compared to the national median of 64%. Only 4.0% reached the higher standard. Ofsted rated the school Good in September 2024. Its results are much the same when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds, so the gap is not explained by intake (1.8 out of 10 against similar schools, 1.9 out of 10 against all schools).

Beyond the classroom. Pupils participate in athletics, gymnastics, dance, and swimming. The school provides both a breakfast club and an after-school club.

Getting in. The school has 302 pupils in a capacity of 420, leaving 118 spare places. This means the school has real spare room, so a place is likely and classes are smaller than it is built for.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils who are not reaching the expected standard in core subjects? What specific activities are available in the after-school club? How does the school maintain its Good rating while managing a student population significantly below its maximum capacity?

Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.

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