Occold Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Eye, Suffolk·IP23 7PL
Composite score
35.1
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#12,326
National rank
#1356
In East of England
#177
In Suffolk
Top 83%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
54%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
10 first choices, 10 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
16
any preference, for 10 places
Applications from another council area
6%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Occold 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
48
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
10.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
25.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
12.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£11,438
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Occold Primary School is a primary school serving Eye, Suffolk, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 48 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 54% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 9.0 percentage points compared with the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to 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 107 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Occold Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 10 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.8%. There are about 12.9 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 10% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Occold 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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