St Christopher's CEVCP School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk·IP28 8XQ
Composite score
50.1
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#7,242
National rank
#775
In East of England
#99
In Suffolk
Top 49%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
77%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
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
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
93%
58 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
92
any preference, for 60 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.25
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6520220.7820230.7520240.7120250.972026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for St Christopher's CEVCP 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
340
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
13.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
20.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,147
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Christopher's CEVCP School

St Christopher's CEVCP School is a primary school in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 340 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 77% 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 7.0 percentage points year on 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 106 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 93% of the families who made St Christopher's CEVCP School 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 6.9%. There are about 22.7 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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