Cedars Park Community Primary School

About Cedars Park Community Primary School

Cedars Park Community Primary School is a state primary for mixed-gender pupils aged 4 to 11, located in the Mid Suffolk area of the Suffolk local authority. Among the 253 primary schools in Suffolk, it sits at rank 118, placing it squarely in the middle of the pack. The top-performing peers in the same authority — Stratford St Mary Primary School, Somerleyton Primary School, and Wenhaston Primary School — all achieve ranking scores in the high eighties and low nineties, which gives a sense of the competitive local landscape. The school is led by headteacher Aisha Suhail and currently has 386 pupils on roll, just shy of its capacity of 420. It does not have a religious character, nor does it offer nursery or sixth-form provision. The school is oversubscribed for the 2025/26 intake, with 87 applications for 59 places and 57 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.47.

Academically, Cedars Park performs broadly in line with the Suffolk average. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 60% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths combined, compared with the local authority average of 58%. At the higher standard, 17% achieved that benchmark. In individual subjects, 69% met the expected standard in reading and in maths, while 83% did so in writing. Average scaled scores were 105 in reading and 103 in maths. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, in June 2023, rated it Good overall, a notable improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2019. Every graded area — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — was rated Good. Nationally, the school ranks in the 55th percentile among all primaries, and within the East of England it sits at the 50th percentile.

The school offers a solid range of facilities, including music rooms, art studios, a forest school, playing fields, and a chapel. Sports provision covers athletics, football, cricket, netball, and gymnastics, and there are clubs for science, art, gardening, and eco activities. SEND support is well-documented, with provisions for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. With 14.8% of pupils eligible for free school meals — slightly above the national average — the school serves a mixed catchment. This is a solid, improving primary that suits families looking for a good state option in Mid Suffolk, particularly those who value the forest school and creative arts facilities, and who are comfortable with a school that is popular enough to be oversubscribed but not among the very highest-performing in the county.

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