Wood Ley Community Primary SchoolGreat Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Stowmarket.

Summary of the comparison

Wood Ley Community Primary School and Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School are primary schools in Stowmarket.

  • Wood Ley Community Primary School scores 59 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School scores 70 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Wood Ley Community Primary School was judged the expected standard and Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 49.0% for Wood Ley Community Primary School and 50.0% for Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Wood Ley Community Primary School (62.0% in 2022-23, 49.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (67.0% in 2022-23, 50.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Wood Ley Community Primary School versus Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure StowmarketWood Ley Community Primary SchoolStowmarketGreat Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC59/100B70/100Stronger figure
Local ranking95th of 240 in Suffolk 35th of 240 in Suffolk Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: ExpectedOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Voluntary controlled school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll310 108
Capacity315 150
LocationStowmarket, IP14 1UF Stowmarket, IP14 3AQ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard49.0% 50.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard9.0% Stronger figure0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score102.0 105.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score105.0 Stronger figure101.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census310 108
Free school meals (ever 6)16.4% 11.1%
English as an additional language3.2% 0.0%
SEN support13.9% 12.0%
SEN with an EHC plan2.6% 3.7%
Attendance
Overall absence4.8% Stronger figure5.9% 6.2%
Persistent absence11.9% 11.7% 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.

Wood Ley Community Primary School

Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

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