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Abbot's Hall Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Danescourt Avenue, Stowmarket IP14 1QF · abbotshall.suffolk.sch.uk · 01449 612818
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 63%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Suffolk 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 366
- 87% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 16.4%
- First language not English
- 7.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 53 families put the school first and 58 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 | 58 | 53 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 49 | 43 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 40 | 36 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 39 | 37 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 55 | 49 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 14% 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 | |||
| ●63% | 62% | ||
| ▲14% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124631)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 20 November 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Abbot's Hall Community Primary School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 19 Nov 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124631), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Feb 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124631)
Sept 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124631)
What parents said
84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (50 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 84%
- Replies
- 50
- 14% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (28%) with SEND