Pakefield Primary School
Summary
The key facts, in one place- Inspection
- Ofsted report card, February 2026
- Getting in
- Nobody refused in 2026
- Results
- 63% expected standard; 7% higher standard
- Size
- 274 pupils; 29 places a year; classes of 25
- Run by
- The Active Learning Trust Limited
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11 · Mixed
- Expected standard: 63%, against 59% in Suffolk.
- Sessions missed: 4.3%, against 5.1% in Suffolk.
- Suspensions per 100 pupils: 6.4, against 2.5 in Suffolk.
At a glance
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SourceWhere these figures come from
How it is worked outSuffolk and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state primary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.
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SourceSuffolk County Council offer-day figures, 2024 to 2026.
How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.
- A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.
In 2026 everyone who applied for Reception was offered a place. Enter your postcode to check your distance.
Bars: how far the last place offered reached each year. Check your postcode and each year turns green where a place reached your home.
Offers
How far offers reached
How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →
Offer day, year by year
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SourceCouncil offer-day figures: Suffolk County Council, 2024 to 2026.
- Distances are straight lines from the school.
| Entry | Year | Places | Applications | Offered | Refused | Last distance (miles) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reception | 2026 | 30 | — | 29 | none | — |
| Reception | 2025 | 30 | — | 31 | — | — |
| Reception | 2024 | 30 | — | 25 | none | — |
A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought.
Results
Quality
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SourceOfsted · inspected 10 February 2026
DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025
- Ofsted report card (Achievement: Needs attention; Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Inclusion: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met)
- Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 63% (England 62%) (county 59%)
- Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 7% (England 8%) (county 7%)
Results
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SourceDfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.
| Measure | This school | England | Council | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths: expected standard | 63% | 62% | 59% | 2024/2025 |
| Reading, writing and maths: higher standard | 7% | 8% | 7% | 2024/2025 |
League table place
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SourceDfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.
| Table | League rank |
|---|---|
| Primary (key stage 2) | Top 47% (110/237) |
Daily life and who goes there
Daily life
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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
DfE, school workforce · November 2025
DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024
- Absence: 4.3% of sessions missed; 7.3% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 4.6% and 9.6%
- Suspensions: 6 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 1); 0 permanent exclusions
- Classes average 24.9 pupils; 0.0% of classes have more than 30
- 20.7 pupils for each teacher
- Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 55 m
- 15 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 1 serious)
- Air: nitrogen dioxide 7.2 µg/m³, PM2.5 6.9 (1 km square, background level)
Absence
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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25.
- Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (10-20%), the median of 4894 schools.
| Year | Sessions missed | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils missing 1 in 10 | Pupils missing 1 in 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 2.6% | 1.7% | 7.3% | 1.1% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 2.7% | 2.6% | 11% | 0.3% |
| 2022/23 | 5.0% | 2.6% | 2.3% | 8.6% | 0.0% |
| Schools with a similar intake | 4.6% | 9.6% |
Suspensions and exclusions
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SourceDfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.
| Year | Suspensions per 100 pupils | Pupils suspended | Suspensions | Permanent exclusions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 6.4 | 2.2% | 20 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 1.8 | 0.3% | 6 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 1.9 | 1.1% | 7 | 0 |
| Schools with a similar intake | 0.8 |
Class sizes and staff
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SourceDfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.
| Measure | Figure | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Average class size | 24.9 | 2025/26 |
| Classes over 30 pupils | 0.0% | 2025/26 |
| Pupils for each teacher | 20.7 | November 2025 |
Stops nearby
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SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current.
- A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
| Kind | Nearest (metres, straight line) |
|---|---|
| bus | 55 |
Road collisions within 500 m
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SourceDfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025.
- 1 serious and 0 fatal in all; 1 involved a pedestrian, 2 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 |
| 2024 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 |
Air quality
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SourceDEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.
- A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
| Pollutant | Annual mean (µg/m³) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| NO2 | 7.2 | 2024 |
| PM10 | 10.8 | 2024 |
| PM25 | 6.9 | 2024 |
Who goes there
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SourceDfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.
| Measure | Share of pupils | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Eligible for free school meals | 18% | 2025/26 |
| First language other than English | 4.4% | 2025/26 |
| SEN support | 11% | 2025/26 |
| Education, health and care plan | 5.1% | 2025/26 |
| Girls | 49% | 2025/26 |
Ofsted
Inspections
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SourceOfsted, 2026.
| Date | Kind | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 10 February 2026 | Report card | 7 areas graded |
| 21 September 2021 | Graded inspection | Good |
Admissions
Getting in
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SourceDfE, school applications and offers · Reception 2026
- 29 families put it first for 29 places; every one of them got in
- We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.
Applications and offers, DfE
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SourceDfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2015 to 2026.
- Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.
| Entry | Year | Places | First choices | Any choice | First choices offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reception | 2026 | 29 | 29 | 58 | 29 |
| Reception | 2025 | 29 | 29 | 50 | 29 |
| Reception | 2024 | 25 | 25 | 42 | 25 |
| Reception | 2023 | 40 | 37 | 67 | 37 |
| Reception | 2022 | 34 | 32 | 68 | 32 |
| Reception | 2021 | 35 | 32 | 74 | 32 |
| Reception | 2020 | 46 | 46 | 78 | 46 |
| Reception | 2019 | 40 | 39 | 77 | 39 |
| Reception | 2018 | 59 | 55 | 112 | 55 |
| Reception | 2017 | 60 | 50 | 108 | 48 |
Who runs it
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SourceDfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined January 2015
DfE, open academies list
DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 January 2015
- The Active Learning Trust Limited, with 21 schools
- Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 January 2015
- Replaced Pakefield Primary School (URN 124637)
- We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.
Fees and clubs
State schools charge no tuition fees. Breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs are set by each school: ask the school what it runs and what it costs.
Childcare costsWhat wraparound care and early years places cost, and what funding covers.See costs →Nearby
Schools nearby
Westwood Primary School0.7 miSt Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School0.9 miPhoenix St Peter Academy1.1 miElm Tree Primary School1.1 miCompare side by side →Nurseries nearby
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SourceOfsted early years register.
Sources
- Council offer-day figures: Suffolk County Council
- DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
- DfE school performance tables
- DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
- DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
- DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
- DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
- DfE, school workforce; school census
- DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
- DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
- DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
- Ofsted
- School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026 (this school)
- How we check these figures: How we know
More in schools in Lowestoft and the Suffolk league table.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources and methods: tap the (i) on each section. How we know · All sources.