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Beck Row Primary Academy

Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy

The Street, Beck Row, Bury St Edmunds IP28 8AE · beckrow.attrust.org.uk · 01638 713001

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Dec 2023
Key stage 2, 2024/25
71%
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
243
90% of 269 places
Local authority
Suffolk
Nursery class
No
Free school meals
22.6%
First language not English
4.9%
School census 2025/26

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Reception in September 2026, 35 families put the school first and 35 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: 33 (Places 34)33September 2023: 44 (Places 44)44September 2024: 38 (Places 39)38September 2025: 43 (Places 43)43September 2026: 35 (Places 35)35Places 35
ReceptionPlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 202635351100%
September 2025Sept 202543431100%
September 2024Sept 202439381100%
September 2023Sept 202344441100%
September 2022Sept 202234331100%

Results

In 2024/25, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 4% 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: 21% (England 53%)21%2016/17: 32% (England 61%)32%2017/18: 57% (England 64%)57%2018/19: 38% (England 65%)38%2022/23: 32% (England 60%)32%2023/24: 56% (England 61%)56%2024/25: 71% (England 62%)71%England 62%

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124541)

Ofsted

Beck Row Primary Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 13 December 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
13 Dec 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

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

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Feb 2020

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124541), which Ofsted links to this one.

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Feb 2020Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Personal developmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Early yearsRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Jun 2016Inadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    Early yearsRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124541)

What parents said

75% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (24 replies, to 2 September 2024).

Recommend
75%
Replies
24
2 Sept 2024
Child is happy at school▲92% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▲92% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼79% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲92% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▲92% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▲88% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing●83% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼84% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼67% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼66% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲90% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 79% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲65% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 46% who had a child bullied

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