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Coldfair Green Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Judith Avenue, Knodishall, Saxmundham IP17 1UY · coldfairgreenprimaryschool.co.uk · 01728 830649
On the mapSearch near IP17 1UY
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 42%
- 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
- 160
- 20 over 140 places · 114%
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 14.4%
- First language not English
- 5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 20 families put the school first and 21 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 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 29 | 35 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 42% 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 | |||
| ▼42% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼100 | 106 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124629)
Ofsted
Coldfair Green Community Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 20 June 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 20 Jun 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: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2011
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124629), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jun 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 124629)
Jun 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124629)
What parents said
75% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (61 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 75%
- Replies
- 61
- 43% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 52% who had a child bullied
based on 16 parents (26%) with SEND