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Mendlesham Primary School

Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy

Old Station Road, Mendlesham, Stowmarket IP14 5RT · mendlesham.suffolk.sch.uk · 01449 766224

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Nov 2024
Key stage 2, 2024/25
53%
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
100
95% of 105 places
Local authority
Suffolk
Nursery class
No
Free school meals
17%
First language not English
2%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Oxlip Learning Partnership

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Reception in September 2026, 14 families put the school first and 14 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 18 (Places 18)18September 2023: 15 (Places 15)15September 2024: 13 (Places 13)13September 2025: 12 (Places 12)12September 2026: 14 (Places 14)14Places 14
ReceptionPlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 202614141100%
September 2025Sept 202512121100%
September 2024Sept 202413131100%
September 2023Sept 202315151100%
September 2022Sept 202218181100%

Results

In 2024/25, 53% 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

2019/20 to 2021/22: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1922/2323/2424/252015/16: 38% (England 53%)38%2016/17: 82% (England 61%)82%2017/18: 82% (England 64%)82%2018/19: 80% (England 65%)80%2022/23: 63% (England 60%)63%2023/24: 47% (England 61%)47%2024/25: 53% (England 62%)53%England 62%
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
Reading, writing and maths
▼53%62%
▼0%8%
Average scaled score
▼103106
▼101105
▼100105

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124599)

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Mendlesham Primary School on 19 November 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
19 Nov 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early yearsGood

Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jul 2019

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Jul 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Dec 2012Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
  • Jul 2010Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementGood
    Early yearsGood

What parents said

88% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (34 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
88%
Replies
34
32% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▲97% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe●91% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼79% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼62% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well●88% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn●82% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼79% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●89% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●91% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development●79% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼73% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 85% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly●50% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 24% who had a child bullied

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