Felix Primary School

Felix Primary School at a glance

Located in Felixstowe, Suffolk, Felix Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 240 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection. 32% 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 5.0 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 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% 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 Felix Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 10 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.6%. There are about 18.8 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 40% 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. If you are considering Felix Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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.