Poplars Community Primary School
St Margaret's Road, Lowestoft, NR32 4HN
Local ranking200th of 239 primary schools in Suffolk
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Primary
Phase
598
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 9.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 87.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 81.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 106.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 108.0
- Cohort Size
- 47
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 277
- Boys
- 146 (53%)
- Girls
- 131 (47%)
- Capacity
- 598 (46% full)
- SEND
- 27.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 52.7%
- EAL
- 5.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.0%
- SEN Support
- 23.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 14.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,402/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.4%
- Persistent Absence
- 4.0%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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: 83.9%
- White Other: 5.8%
- Other: 5.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.7%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Asian Other: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
- Black African: 0.3%
83.9%
White British
5.8%
White Other
5.8%
Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 145541
- UKPRN
- 10066980
- Establishment No.
- 2147
- Trust
- EVOLUTION ACADEMY TRUST