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Occold Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
The Street, Occold, Eye IP23 7PL · occoldprimaryschool.org · 01379 678330
On the mapSearch near IP23 7PL
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 54%
- 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
- 53
- 76% of 70 places
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 13.2%
- First language not English
- 7.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 10 families put the school first and 10 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 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 54% 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
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼54% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124601)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 18 January 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Occold Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 18 Jan 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2011
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124601), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Sept 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124601)
Feb 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124601)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (19 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 19
- 36% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 21% who had a child bullied