Sebert Wood Community Primary SchoolHardwick Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

Sebert Wood Community Primary School and Hardwick Primary School are primary schools in Bury St Edmunds.

  • Sebert Wood Community Primary School scores 53 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Hardwick Primary School scores 53 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Our score is the same for each of them on the data available.

  • Sebert Wood Community Primary School was judged Good and Hardwick 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 68.0% for Sebert Wood Community Primary School and 35.0% for Hardwick Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Sebert Wood Community Primary School (51.0% in 2022-23, 68.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Hardwick Primary School (41.0% in 2022-23, 35.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Sebert Wood Community Primary School versus Hardwick Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure Bury St EdmundsSebert Wood Community Primary SchoolBury St EdmundsHardwick Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD53/100D53/100
Local ranking138th of 240 in Suffolk Stronger figure139th of 240 in Suffolk
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll381 206
Capacity420 255
LocationBury St Edmunds, IP32 7EG Bury St Edmunds, IP33 2PW
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard68.0% Stronger figure35.0% 62.0%
At higher standard8.0% Stronger figure3.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score106.0 Stronger figure100.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score106.0 Stronger figure100.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census381 206
Free school meals (ever 6)9.4% 25.2%
English as an additional language10.5% 13.1%
SEN support10.0% 14.6%
SEN with an EHC plan1.8% 4.8%
Attendance
Overall absence5.1% Stronger figure5.6% 6.2%
Persistent absence13.0% 9.2% 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.

Sebert Wood Community Primary School

Hardwick Primary School

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