All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, LawshallGreat Whelnetham Church of England Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Bury St Edmunds.

Summary of the comparison

All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Lawshall and Great Whelnetham Church of England Primary School are primary schools in Bury St Edmunds.

  • All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Lawshall scores 81 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Great Whelnetham Church of England Primary School scores 73 out of 100 (grade B, strong). All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Lawshall is ahead on our composite score.

  • All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Lawshall was judged Outstanding and Great Whelnetham Church of England Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 80.0% for All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Lawshall and 71.0% for Great Whelnetham Church of England Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Lawshall (86.0% in 2022-23, 80.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Great Whelnetham Church of England Primary School (63.0% in 2022-23, 71.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Lawshall versus Great Whelnetham Church of England Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure Bury St EdmundsAll Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, LawshallBury St EdmundsGreat Whelnetham Church of England Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB81/100Stronger figureB73/100
Local ranking2nd of 240 in Suffolk Stronger figure19th of 240 in Suffolk
InspectionOfsted: OutstandingStronger figureOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary controlled school Academy sponsor led
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 5-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll171 85
Capacity189 160
LocationBury St Edmunds, IP29 4QA Bury St Edmunds, IP30 0UA
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard80.0% Stronger figure71.0% 62.0%
At higher standard20.0% 24.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score107.0 108.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score109.0 Stronger figure107.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census171 85
Free school meals (ever 6)14.6% 25.9%
English as an additional language0.0% 4.7%
SEN support9.9% 31.8%
SEN with an EHC plan2.3% 0.0%
Attendance
Overall absence3.7% Stronger figure6.4% 6.2%
Persistent absence3.9% Stronger figure16.9% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Lawshall

Great Whelnetham Church of England Primary School

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