Corton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

About Corton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Corton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained across both its most recent inspections. The school’s most recent graded inspection took place in 2012, and an ungraded visit in 2022 confirmed that it remains Good. For a clearer picture of academic performance, the key metric is Key Stage 2 results from the 2023/24 academic year. Just 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is below the Suffolk local authority average of 58%. Broken down, 72% reached the expected level in reading, 67% in writing, and 61% in maths. The school’s ranking in East Suffolk places it 50th out of 72 primary schools on this combined measure, putting it in the bottom half nationally.

Looking more closely at the exam data, the school’s average scores in reading and maths both sit at 102, exactly the national average for each subject. However, the proportion of pupils achieving the higher standard in all three subjects is low: just 6% reached the higher level in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with 17% in maths alone and 33% in reading. Writing at the higher standard was also 6%. This suggests that while most children are meeting basic expectations, fewer are stretching into the top tier. The school’s Progress 8 scores for reading, writing and maths are not available, so it is difficult to assess how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points. The Ofsted report from 2012 rated leadership and management as Good, and early years provision as Requires Improvement at that time, though the 2022 ungraded visit found the school had continued to improve.

Corton is a small Church of England primary school with 120 pupils on roll, exceeding its official capacity of 112. It offers a nursery provision for children from age three. The school is oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, there were 23 applications for 14 places, with 13 first-preference offers made. Facilities include a Forest School, gymnasium, sports hall, music rooms, sensory room, outdoor playground and a chapel. Sports on offer include cross country, athletics, football, tennis and cricket, while clubs range from chess and science to art, film and coding. The school has identified SEND provisions for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, speech and language needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a faith-based school in a rural Suffolk setting that suits families who value a small, community-focused environment and are comfortable with its below-average KS2 outcomes.

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