Earl Soham Community Primary School | Primary in Woodbridge, East Suffolk | Ofsted & DfE

63%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

63%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

63%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 01/05/2024

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authoritySuffolk

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio15.9:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Earl Soham Community Primary School · Primary · Suffolk

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

63%

+6pp

63%40%17%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 63%

RWM higher standard

+6pp

11%6%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 6%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

81%

Reading higher standard

13%

Writing expected standard

63%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

88%

Maths higher standard

19%

Science expected standard

94%

SPAG expected standard

75%

SPAG higher standard

Reading scaled score

106.0

Maths scaled score

105.0

GPS scaled score

103.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

Pupil : teacher ratio

15.9

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

17%

SEN

Overall absence

Persistent absence

Contact

Address

Earl Soham, The Street, Woodbridge, IP13 7SA

Local authority

Suffolk

Website

http://www.earlsoham.suffolk.sch.uk/

Telephone

01728685359

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	63%	6%	81%	13%	63%	6%	88%	19%	94%	75%	106.0	105.0	103.0	—	—	—	9%	77
2023/24	57%	0%	86%	14%	57%	14%	57%	0%	71%	43%	105.0	100.0	99.0	—	—	—	14%	70
2022/23	47%	11%	84%	21%	68%	26%	58%	11%	68%	63%	105.0	100.0	102.0	+0.80	+1.30	-4.00	14%	71
2018/19	17%	0%	50%	17%	33%	17%	50%	0%	83%	17%	103.0	99.0	98.0	+1.20	-3.50	-3.30	19%	57
2017/18	54%	8%	77%	23%	69%	38%	69%	8%	69%	46%	103.0	100.0	99.0	-0.90	-0.90	-3.70	26%	57
2016/17	64%	0%	91%	45%	73%	27%	64%	9%	64%	73%	107.0	101.0	103.0	+0.50	-1.20	-5.40	13%	69

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	77	19.1	9%	1%	17%	3%	7%
2023/24	70	17.4	14%	0%	13%	6%	18%
2022/23	71	17.6	14%	0%	17%	6%	14%
2021/22	61	21.4	20%	0%	15%	5%	12%
2020/21	55	14.8	27%	0%	14%	—	—
2018/19	57	15.4	19%	0%	16%	5%	—
2017/18	57	14.3	26%	0%	16%	3%	—
2016/17	69	17.1	13%	0%	23%	4%	4%