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Mendham Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Mendham, Harleston IP20 0NJ · mendhamprimaryschool.org.uk · 01379 852520
On the mapSearch near IP20 0NJ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 60%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Suffolk 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 57
- 71% of 80 places
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 33.3%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Consortium Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 4 families put the school first and 5 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 | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 6 | 7 | 1.2▲ | 86% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 60% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% 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 | |||
| ●60% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124598)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 25 June 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Mendham Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 25 Jun 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Feb 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Jul 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2011Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good
What parents said
71% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (21 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 71%
- Replies
- 21
- 33% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 57% who had a child bullied