Bardwell Church of England Primary School

About Bardwell Church of England Primary School

Bardwell Church of England Primary School is a small village primary in West Suffolk, and its headline academic metrics sit well below the local authority average for similar schools. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, just 0% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with a Suffolk LA average of 58%. That is a stark gap. The school’s maths average score was 94, and reading averaged 100, both below national benchmarks. In the local authority rankings, Bardwell placed 216th out of 253 primary schools, placing it in the bottom 50% nationally. For parents focused purely on raw attainment, these figures will give pause. However, the school’s small size — just 59 pupils against a capacity of 105 — means cohort numbers are tiny, so a handful of children can swing percentages dramatically. The context matters: this is not a large urban school with hundreds of pupils, but a rural Church of England setting where individual circumstances heavily shape the data.

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