Great Waldingfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

SuffolkVoluntary controlled school

Folly Road, Great Waldingfield, Sudbury, CO10 0RR

Headteacher: Mrs Sarah BakerSchool website ↗Pupils: 191 (capacity: 210)
Ofsted Good
Inspected April 2022
Oversubscribed
94% of first-choice applicants offered a place
57%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Good
Inspected April 2022
94%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 5 April 2022Full report ↗

Good

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Rated Good across all inspected areas — Quality of Teaching, Behaviour, Pupils' Development and Leadership.

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
57.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
4.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 78%·Writing 65%·Maths 87%All three 57%
Reading
Expected78%
Exceeding39%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected65%
Exceeding9%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected87%
Exceeding26%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
30
How many families wanted this school first?
32
How many got their first choice?
30of 32 (93.8%)
How many applied in total?
63

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
30.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
0.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
9.0%
Boys and girls
47%girls·53%boys
90 girls, 101 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

→ Peaked at 81% (2017/18), currently 57%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1667.0%0.0%-2.6-1.5-1.0
2016/1771.0%18.0%+0.3+1.2+0.9
2017/1881.0%4.0%-0.1-0.2-0.1
2018/1955.0%5.0%-2.3-1.8-2.5
2022/2365.0%8.0%+1.4+2.2-0.4
2023/2458.0%0.0%---
2024/2557.0%4.0%---
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