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Place Farm Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Camps Road, Haverhill CB9 8HF · placefarm.org.uk · 01440 702836
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 75%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Suffolk 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 416
- 93% of 446 places
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 30.7%
- First language not English
- 16.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 56 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 98% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 60 | 56 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 52 | 49 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 53 | 52 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 53 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 54 | 53 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 19% the higher standard. Across Suffolk it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲75% | 62% | ||
| ▲19% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Place Farm Primary Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 12 October 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 12 Oct 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Apr 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (87 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 87
- 22% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 62% who raised concerns
based on the 25% who had a child bullied