Tollgate Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C60
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, IP32 6DG
- Distance
- 0.9km away
Howard Community Academy
Beard Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP32 6SA
Local ranking181st of 240 primary schools in Suffolk
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
315
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 1 July 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 36.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 71.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 57.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 50.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 43.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 99.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 99.0
- Cohort Size
- 14
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 196
- Boys
- 94 (48%)
- Girls
- 102 (52%)
- Capacity
- 315 (62% full)
- SEND
- 27.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 47.2%
- EAL
- 15.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.1%
- SEN Support
- 23.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 8.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,143/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.9% 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: 72.1%
- White Other: 8.4%
- Black African: 4.2%
- Mixed Other: 3.2%
- Other: 3.2%
- Asian Other: 2.6%
- Asian Indian: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.6%
72.1%
White British
8.4%
White Other
4.2%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Beard Road
Bury St Edmunds, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 146280
- UKPRN
- 10080907
- Establishment No.
- 2224
- Trust
- ANGLIAN LEARNING
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