Southwold Primary School | Primary in Southwold, East Suffolk | Ofsted & DfE

43%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

30%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

43%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

30%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

43%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

30%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Not judged

Ofsted inspection · 01/10/2024

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authoritySuffolk

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio11.9:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Southwold Primary School · Primary · Suffolk

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How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

43%

-7pp

50%47%43%

'18'23'24'25

'25 · 43%

RWM higher standard

0pp

20%10%0%

'18'23'24'25

'25 · 0%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

57%

Reading higher standard

14%

Writing expected standard

57%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

43%

Maths higher standard

Science expected standard

57%

SPAG expected standard

57%

SPAG higher standard

Reading scaled score

99.0

Maths scaled score

94.0

GPS scaled score

98.0

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

11.9

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

57%

SEN

12%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

30%

Contact

Address

Cumberland Road, Southwold, IP18 6JP

Local authority

Suffolk

Website

www.southwoldprimaryschool.org.uk

Telephone

01502723137

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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	43%	0%	57%	14%	57%	0%	43%	0%	57%	57%	99.0	94.0	98.0	—	—	—	12%	74
2023/24	50%	0%	63%	25%	63%	0%	50%	13%	63%	38%	103.0	99.0	99.0	—	—	—	11%	62
2022/23	45%	0%	64%	9%	45%	0%	55%	0%	82%	36%	102.0	99.0	97.0	-2.80	-4.00	-5.10	10%	70
2018/19	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	11%	74
2017/18	50%	20%	80%	30%	70%	20%	50%	20%	80%	70%	106.0	101.0	104.0	+1.10	-0.90	-2.80	—	64
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	—	New school

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	74	15.8	12%	3%	57%	8%	30%
2023/24	62	13.4	11%	5%	53%	8%	29%
2022/23	70	16.1	10%	6%	37%	7%	22%
2021/22	75	12.1	12%	1%	47%	9%	24%
2020/21	65	12.7	8%	2%	29%	—	—
2018/19	74	33.8	11%	1%	37%	4%	—
2017/18	—	22.7	—	—	—	3%	—