Long Melford Church of England Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Sudbury, Suffolk·CO10 9ED
Composite score
47.2
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#8,306
National rank
#886
In East of England
#114
In Suffolk
Top 56%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
60%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
22 first choices, 26 places
First choices per place
0.85
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
39
any preference, for 26 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.11
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9620220.9620231.0020240.9520250.852026

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

Every child who put Long Melford Church of England Primary School 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
219
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
31.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,104
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Long Melford Church of England Primary School

Long Melford Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Sudbury, Suffolk, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 219 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 60% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 1.0 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 106 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Long Melford Church of England Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 26 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.9%. There are about 31.7 pupils per teacher. Long Melford Church of England 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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