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Hardwick Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Steward Road, Bury St Edmunds IP33 2PW · hardwickprimaryschool.co.uk · 01284 755424
On the mapSearch near IP33 2PW
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 35%
- 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
- 190
- 75% of 255 places
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 23.7%
- First language not English
- 17.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 21 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 | 21 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 29 | 30 | 1▲ | 97% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 29 | 27 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 35% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% 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 | |||
| ▼35% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼100 | 106 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
| ▼99 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124561)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 28 February 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Hardwick Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 27 Feb 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124561), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jun 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124561)
Oct 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 124561)
What parents said
83% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (69 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 83%
- Replies
- 69
- 31% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 78% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied
based on 16 parents (23%) with SEND