Bealings SchoolGorseland Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Bealings School and Gorseland Primary School are primary schools.

  • Bealings School scores 61 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Gorseland Primary School scores 65 out of 100 (grade C, average). Gorseland Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Bealings School was judged Good and Gorseland Primary School was judged the expected standard.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 53.0% for Bealings School and 63.0% for Gorseland Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Bealings School (77.0% in 2022-23, 53.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Gorseland Primary School (77.0% in 2022-23, 63.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Bealings School versus Gorseland Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure WoodbridgeBealings SchoolIpswichGorseland Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC61/100C65/100Stronger figure
Local ranking84th of 240 in Suffolk 61st of 240 in Suffolk Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Expected
School typeCommunity school Community school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll101 483
Capacity105 502
LocationWoodbridge, IP13 6LW Ipswich, IP5 3QR
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard53.0% 63.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard13.0% Stronger figure10.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score108.0 Stronger figure106.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score104.0 107.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census101 483
Free school meals (ever 6)1.0% 10.5%
English as an additional language2.0% 9.5%
SEN support9.9% 7.7%
SEN with an EHC plan3.0% 8.1%
Attendance
Overall absence7.3% 4.3% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence20.7% 8.4% Stronger figure15.8%

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.

Bealings School

Gorseland Primary School

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