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Ickworth Park Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–11 · Academy
Meadow Drive, Horringer, Meadow Drive, Bury St Edmunds IP29 5SB · ickworthpark.co.uk · 01284 735337
On the mapSearch near IP29 5SB
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 75%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Suffolk 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 185
- 88% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Free school meals
- 13.5%
- First language not English
- 2.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 33 families put the school first and 29 places were offered; 79% 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 | 29 | 33 | 1.1▲ | 79% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 38 | 1.3▲ | 79% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 20 | 18 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 29 | 47 | 1.6▲ | 57% |
Results
In 2024/25, 75% 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 | |||
| ▲75% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124678)
Ofsted
Ickworth Park Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 19 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 19 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124678)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124678), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124678)
Nov 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124678)
Jan 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 124678)