Hadleigh Community Primary School

Community school·Primary school Hadleigh, Suffolk·IP7 5HQ
Composite score
59.5
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#4,054
National rank
#420
In East of England
#49
In Suffolk
Top 28%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
70%
% achieving higher RWM
12%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 13/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
69 first choices, 71 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
77
any preference, for 71 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020231.0020241.0020250.972026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Hadleigh Community Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
516
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,449
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Hadleigh Community Primary School

Hadleigh Community Primary School is a primary school in Hadleigh, Suffolk, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 516 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 70% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 28% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 12% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Hadleigh Community Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 71 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 18.7 pupils per teacher. Hadleigh Community Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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.

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