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St Christopher's CEVCP School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Bellflower Crescent, Red Lodge, Bellflower Crescent, Bury St Edmunds IP28 8XQ · chr.graceschools.org.uk · 01638 750342
On the mapSearch near IP28 8XQ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 77%
- 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
- 389
- 100% of 390 places
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 21.6%
- First language not English
- 12.3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Grace Schools
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 58 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 93% 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 | 58 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 49 | 35 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 45 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 47 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 48 | 31 | 0.6 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 77% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% 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 | |||
| ▲77% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124716)
Ofsted
St Christopher's CEVCP School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 2 November 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 2 Nov 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Sept 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124716), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2019Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Oct 2014Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124716)
What parents said
70% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (33 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 70%
- Replies
- 33
- 10% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied