Poplars Community Primary School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F36
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Lowestoft, NR32 4HN
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Gunton Primary Academy
Gainsborough Drive, Lowestoft, NR32 4LX
Local ranking147th of 240 primary schools in Suffolk
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
315
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 71.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 18.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 73.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 80.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 108.0
- Cohort Size
- 45
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 310
- Boys
- 155 (50%)
- Girls
- 155 (50%)
- Capacity
- 315 (98% full)
- SEND
- 15.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 34.0%
- EAL
- 5.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.6%
- SEN Support
- 12.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,691/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 13.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- 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%
- Mixed Other: 1.9%
- White Other: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.3%
- Asian Other: 1.0%
- Other: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.3%
- Asian Indian: 0.3%
92.3%
White British
1.9%
Mixed Other
1.6%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Gainsborough Drive
Lowestoft, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 142187
- UKPRN
- 10053392
- Establishment No.
- 2104
- Trust
- REACH2 ACADEMY TRUST
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