Clare Community Primary School is a state-funded primary school in West Suffolk, East of England, for pupils aged 4 to 11 for boys and girls. DfE data records 199 pupils on roll and a published capacity of 210.
The latest recorded Ofsted overall judgement is Good (22 Jan 2025). 50% met the expected KS2 standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25. Admissions data records 25 first-preference applications and 27 offers made on national offer day for 2026/27.
Reporting periods vary by source — Methodology.
School admissions data, what the Ofsted report means for you, and how it compares to nearby schools.
Good
Based on 22 Jan 2025 · Legacy grading · Open inspection report ↗
| Area | Judgement |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour & attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership & management | Good |
| Early years provision | Good |
| Area | Judgement |
|---|---|
| Overall effectiveness | Good |
| Leadership & management | Good |
| Early years provision | Good |
Ungraded inspection · 22 Jan 2025: Standards maintained
Published 10 Mar 2020.
Ofsted legacy grades; compare inspection dates and frameworks.
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| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| School’s local authority | Suffolk |
| Applications open | September 2026 |
| Application deadline | 15 January 2027 |
| National offer day | 16 April 2027 |
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| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Offers made on National Offer Day | 27 |
| First-preference applications | 25 |
| Applications (all preferences) | 39 |
| First-preference offers | 25 |
Source: Published admissions data; follow each measure’s labelled basis, including all preferences where shown.
| Subject | School (expected) | School (higher) | Average score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing & maths | 50% | 0% | — |
| Reading | 78% | 28% | 106 |
| Writing | 56% | 3% | — |
| Maths | 59% | 9% | 103 |
DfE · 2024/25; compare the same year and measure (— unavailable or suppressed).
23.1 pupils per qualified teacher
2025/26 · Full-time equivalent teachers, not class size.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Authorised absence2024/25 | 4.62% |
| Unauthorised absence2024/25 | 1.13% |
| Group | Pupils |
|---|---|
| White British | 94% |
| White other | 0.5% |
| Mixed | 2% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Black | 1% |
| Other | 0% |
DfE school, census, workforce, absence and exclusion data; periods vary, and missing values are not zero.
DfE data; confirm current support with the school's SENCO.
94% would recommend this school
94 responses · Sep 2024 – Sep 2025
| Question | Agree or strongly agree |
|---|---|
| Happy at school | 95% |
| Feels safe | 94% |
| Well behaved pupils | 85% |
| Bullying dealt with | 23% |
| Question | Agree or strongly agree |
|---|---|
| Aware of curriculum | 87% |
| Concerns dealt with | 68% |
| SEND support | 84% |
| High expectations | 81% |
| Child does well | 89% |
| Progress updates | 87% |
| Subject range | 93% |
| Clubs & activities | 90% |
| Personal development | 81% |
View the Ofsted dataset: voluntary responses may not represent all families; separate from Classpot reviews.
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