Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy | School performance

65%

RWM expected · 2024/25

11%

RWM higher · 2024/25

336

Pupils · 2024/25

26%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

65%

RWM expected · 2024/25

11%

RWM higher · 2024/25

336

Pupils · 2024/25

26%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

65%

RWM expected · 2024/25

11%

RWM higher · 2024/25

336

Pupils · 2024/25

26%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 06/11/2019

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authoritySuffolk

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio20.8:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy · Primary · Suffolk

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How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

65%

-14pp

79%54%28%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 65%

RWM higher standard

11%

+2pp

11%6%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 11%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

67%

Reading higher standard

36%

Writing expected standard

67%

Writing higher standard

18%

Maths expected standard

71%

Maths higher standard

27%

Science expected standard

71%

SPAG expected standard

62%

SPAG higher standard

16%

Reading scaled score

104.0

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

336

Pupil : teacher ratio

20.8

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

26%

FSM eligible

29%

SEN

19%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

11%

Contact

Address

Rowley Drive, Newmarket, CB8 0PU

Local authority

Suffolk

Website

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Telephone

01638663214

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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	65%	11%	67%	36%	67%	18%	71%	27%	71%	62%	104.0	105.0	103.0	—	—	—	19%	336
2023/24	79%	9%	79%	22%	84%	28%	84%	24%	79%	66%	105.0	106.0	102.0	—	—	—	19%	354
2022/23	67%	8%	73%	22%	76%	18%	73%	27%	73%	65%	104.0	103.0	101.0	+1.70	+4.50	+3.80	18%	337
2018/19	58%	8%	58%	8%	71%	17%	79%	13%	79%	42%	99.0	102.0	97.0	-2.50	+1.50	+0.10	10%	309
2017/18	28%	0%	38%	3%	59%	7%	52%	3%	66%	41%	96.0	98.0	96.0	-4.50	+0.10	-2.50	—	280
2016/17	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	6%	New school

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	336	25.2	19%	26%	29%	5%	11%
2023/24	354	21.1	19%	24%	26%	5%	14%
2022/23	337	19.1	18%	25%	30%	5%	14%
2021/22	329	18.9	19%	25%	29%	5%	13%
2020/21	327	20.4	16%	23%	28%	—	—
2018/19	309	20.1	10%	30%	24%	3%	4%
2017/18	—	20.0	—	—	—	4%	10%
2016/17	265	—	6%	31%	23%	4%	11%