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St Margaret's Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Church Road, Lowestoft NR32 4JF · st-margarets.suffolk.sch.uk · 01502 530130
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Apr 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 51%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Suffolk 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 364
- 87% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 47.8%
- First language not English
- 12.4%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Reach2 Academy Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 36 families put the school first and 37 places were offered; 100% 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 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 45 | 45 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 56 | 54 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 56 | 56 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 44 | 44 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 51% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% 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 | |||
| ▼51% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼101 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected St Margaret's Primary Academy on 21 April 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 21 Apr 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124633), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Sept 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124633)
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (34 replies, to 5 September 2022).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Replies
- 34
- 8% · 5 Sept 2022
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 41% who had a child bullied