Colneis Junior School
About Colneis Junior School
Colneis Junior School sits within the Suffolk local authority, one of 253 primary schools in the area. It is a state-funded, mixed-gender junior school for children aged 7 to 11, with no religious character. The school is led by headteacher Mark Girling and has a capacity of 360 pupils. In the local landscape, the top-performing peers in the same authority include Stratford St Mary Primary School and Somerleyton Primary School, both with a ranking score of 92, followed by Wenhaston Primary School at 89. While Colneis is not among these top-ranked peers, it holds a solid Ofsted rating of Good, which places it in the majority of Suffolk primaries — only 14 out of the 253 schools in the authority have achieved an Outstanding rating. This context helps parents see where the school sits relative to its most highly-regarded neighbours.
Key Details
School day
Teaching hours
08:50 – 15:30
Source: fairfieldandcolneis.co.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.
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