Bealings School

Community school·Primary school Woodbridge, Suffolk·IP13 6LW
Composite score
49.6
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National rank
#790
In East of England
#101
In Suffolk
Top 50%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
53%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
11 first choices, 11 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
25
any preference, for 11 places
Last place offered lived
0.91 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 1471 m
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.13
00.511.52
1 per place
1.4020221.7520231.0020241.1320251.002026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it. In 2026 the school was not oversubscribed, so no distance limit applied.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
101
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
1.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
19.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,249
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Bealings School

Bealings School is a primary school in Woodbridge, Suffolk, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 101 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 53% 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 fallen by 7.0 percentage points compared with the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% 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 Bealings School their first choice was offered one of its 11 Reception places. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.91 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 7.1%. There are about 22.8 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 1% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. 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.

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