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Elm Tree Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Ranworth Avenue, Lowestoft NR33 9HN · elmtreeprimaryacademy.co.uk · 01502 562930
On the mapSearch near NR33 9HN
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 81%
- 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
- 266
- 63% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 25.9%
- First language not English
- 1.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 46 families put the school first and 52 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 | 52 | 46 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 43 | 43 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 39 | 39 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 26 | 24 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 81% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 6% 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 | |||
| ▲81% | 62% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124642)
Ofsted
Elm Tree Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 12 July 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 12 Jul 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Oct 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124642), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Oct 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Mar 2015Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124642)
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (33 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 33
- 11% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied