Bungay Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Bungay, Suffolk·NR35 1HA
Composite score
23.4
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#14,194
National rank
#1599
In East of England
#217
In Suffolk
Top 96%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
36%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
98.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 06/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
27 first choices, 27 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
38
any preference, for 27 places
Applications from another council area
26%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9620221.0020231.0020240.9720251.002026

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

Every child who put Bungay 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
214
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
39.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
8.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
19.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,252
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Bungay Primary School

Bungay Primary School is a primary school in Bungay, Suffolk, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 214 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted (January 2026). 36% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 12.0 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 101 in reading and 98 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Bungay Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 27 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.5%. There are about 20.5 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 39% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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