Kedington Primary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Haverhill, Suffolk·CB9 7QZ
Composite score
69.8
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#1,804
National rank
#185
In East of England
#19
In Suffolk
Top 12%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
84%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
91%
32 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.07
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
55
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
1.0320221.1720231.1020241.0420251.072026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Kedington 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
214
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
11.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,879
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Kedington Primary Academy at a glance

Located in Haverhill, Suffolk, Kedington Primary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 214 pupils aged 4 to 11. 84% 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 28.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 12% 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). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Kedington Primary Academy is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 32 first choices for 30 places. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 20.6 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 11% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Kedington Primary Academy 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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