Helmingham Primary School and Nursery
Ofsted: Needs attention
Score
F31
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Stowmarket, IP14 6EX
- Distance
- 5.0km away
Sir Robert Hitcham Church of England Voluntary Aided School
School Corner, Debenham, Stowmarket, IP14 6PL
Local ranking129th of 238 primary schools in Suffolk
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
210
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 2 February 2023.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 58.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 3.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 91.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 58.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 73.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 104.0
- Cohort Size
- 33
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 170
- Boys
- 99 (59%)
- Girls
- 70 (41%)
- Capacity
- 210 (80% full)
- SEND
- 11.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 15.1%
- EAL
- 1.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.2%
- SEN Support
- 10.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 8.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,346/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 9.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 92.3%
- White Other: 2.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.9%
- Black African: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.6%
92.3%
White British
2.9%
White Other
2.9%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
School Corner
Stowmarket, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 124774
- UKPRN
- 10074300
- Establishment No.
- 3329
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