Boxford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Sudbury, Suffolk·CO10 5NP
Composite score
72.2
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#1,477
National rank
#150
In East of England
#13
In Suffolk
Top 10%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
86%
% achieving higher RWM
14%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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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
90%
31 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.03
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
43
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03
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1 per place
1.0020220.9320230.9720241.0020251.032026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Boxford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School yet. Suffolk does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
179
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
12.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
22.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,896
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Boxford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Boxford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school in Sudbury, Suffolk, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. Around 179 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 86% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 19.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 10% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 14% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Boxford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 31 first choices for 30 places. Overall pupil absence was 4.8%. There are about 18.6 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 12% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Boxford Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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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