Place Farm Primary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Haverhill, Suffolk·CB9 8HF
Composite score
70.9
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National rank
#165
In East of England
#17
In Suffolk
Top 11%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
75%
% achieving higher RWM
19%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
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
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
98%
56 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
104
any preference, for 60 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9820220.8820230.9820240.9420250.932026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Place Farm Primary Academy 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
403
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
31.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
15.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
7.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
39.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,020
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Place Farm Primary Academy

Place Farm Primary Academy is a primary school in Haverhill, Suffolk, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 403 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 75% 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%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 2.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 11% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 19% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 98% of the families who made Place Farm Primary Academy their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 39.5 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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