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Shotley Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Main Road, Shotley, Ipswich IP9 1NR · shotley.org.uk · 01473 787255
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 9%
- 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
- 81
- 41% of 196 places
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 30.9%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Asset Education
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 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 9% 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 | |||
| ▼9% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124606)
Ofsted
Shotley Community Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 24 January 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 24 Jan 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Nov 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124606), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124606)
Mar 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124606)