Dennington Church of England Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Woodbridge, Suffolk·IP13 8AE
Composite score
27.3
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#13,785
National rank
#1540
In East of England
#211
In Suffolk
Top 93%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
42%
% 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
—

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
Requires improvement

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
7 first choices, 8 places
First choices per place
0.88
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
22
any preference, for 8 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.12
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020230.9320241.0020250.882026

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

Every child who put Dennington 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
72
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
27.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
23.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
12.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,444
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Dennington Church of England Primary School

Dennington Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Woodbridge, Suffolk, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 72 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 42% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 8.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on 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). Dennington Church of England Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 7 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.9%. There are about 12.9 pupils per teacher. 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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