Beck Row Primary Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk·IP28 8AE
Composite score
50.8
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#6,979
National rank
#739
In East of England
#91
In Suffolk
Top 47%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
71%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
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
100%
35 first choices, 35 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
54
any preference, for 35 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Beck Row 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
243
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
25.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,704
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Beck Row Primary Academy

Beck Row Primary Academy is a primary school in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 243 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 71% 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 15.0 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 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% 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 Beck Row Primary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 35 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.1%. There are about 20.9 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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