Langer Primary Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Felixstowe, Suffolk·IP11 2HL
Composite score
22.8
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National rank
#1609
In East of England
#221
In Suffolk
Top 96%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
35%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
99.0
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
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
6 first choices, 6 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
14
any preference, for 6 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Langer Primary Academy 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
157
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
45.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
12.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
24.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
18.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£11,744
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Langer Primary Academy at a glance

Located in Felixstowe, Suffolk, Langer Primary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 157 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 35% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 28.0 percentage points compared with the previous 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 100 in reading and 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Langer Primary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 6 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.1%. There are about 15.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 46% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. 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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