Holton St Peter Community Primary School

About Holton St Peter Community Primary School

Holton St Peter Community Primary School holds a Good rating from its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2021, a grade it has maintained consistently across both its inspections. The school’s most telling academic metric is its Key Stage 2 performance in reading, writing and maths combined: 58% of pupils met the expected standard in the 2023/24 academic year, which is exactly in line with the Suffolk local authority average of 58%. This places the school 42nd out of 72 primary schools in East Suffolk, putting it in the bottom half of the local ranking. Digging deeper, the school performs notably better in reading, where 83% of pupils reached the expected standard and 17% achieved a higher score, compared with maths where 67% met expectations and 17% reached the higher threshold. Writing saw 75% at the expected level but no pupils achieved the higher standard. The average scaled scores were 105 in reading and 103 in maths, both slightly above the national benchmark of 100.

The Ofsted inspection gave every category a Good rating, including behaviour and attitudes, personal development, early years provision, and leadership and management. The previous inspection in 2014 also rated the school Good overall, so there is a clear pattern of consistent quality. With only 130 pupils on roll against a capacity of 116, the school is slightly over capacity, and it was oversubscribed for the 2025/26 intake: 28 applications for 15 places, with 17 first-preference applications and all 15 first-preference offers accepted. That oversubscription ratio of 1.87 suggests strong local demand. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals is 15.4%, which is broadly in line with national averages for primary schools. There is no official sixth form, as expected for a primary, but the school does offer nursery provision for children from age three.

Facilities include a dining hall, sports hall, outdoor playground, sensory room, forest school, playing fields and a chapel, which is unusual for a state primary. The school offers a wide range of sports including athletics, swimming, gymnastics, cross country, rounders, dance and tennis, plus clubs such as book club, drama, coding, choir, gardening and science club. For children with additional needs, the school has identified provisions for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication difficulties, and autistic spectrum disorder. This combination of strong pastoral support, a forest school for outdoor learning, and a broad club offering makes Holton St Peter a good fit for families who want a village primary with a community feel, solid but not exceptional academics, and a clear focus on inclusion and personal development.

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