New Cangle Community Primary School

School overview

New Cangle Community Primary School is a primary school serving Haverhill, Suffolk, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 210 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated New Cangle Community Primary School 'Good'. 50% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 11.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). New Cangle Community Primary School is oversubscribed: about 7 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 39 first choices for 30 places. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.61 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 6.5%. There are about 22.7 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.