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Wells Hall Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Sponsored academy
Wells Hall Road, Great Cornard, Sudbury CO10 0NH · wellshall.co.uk · 01787 373489
On the mapSearch near CO10 0NH
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jan 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 65%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Suffolk 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 494
- 95% of 520 places
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 18.1%
- First language not English
- 2.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 68 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 88% 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 | 68 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 57 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 66 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 60 | 1 | 97% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 63 | 1.1▲ | 95% |
Results
In 2024/25, 65% 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 | |||
| ▲65% | 62% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124558)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Wells Hall Primary School on 20 January 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: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 20 Jan 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 | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2021
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124558), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2012Good
Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124558)
What parents said
83% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (59 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 83%
- Positive
- 79%
- Replies
- 59
- 12% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 95% who raised concerns
based on 14 parents (24%) whose child was bullied
based on 13 parents (22%) with SEND