Ickworth Park Primary School

About Ickworth Park Primary School

Ickworth Park Primary School in West Suffolk is a mixed state primary for children aged 5 to 11, currently home to 197 pupils against a capacity of 210. That leaves a small amount of headroom, but the school is clearly in demand: for the 2025/26 intake, it received 51 applications for just 19 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.68. All 19 first-preference applicants were offered a spot, meaning families who put it top of their list were successful, but anyone ranking it lower faced stiff competition. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals sits at 11.7 per cent, which is below the national average for primary schools and suggests a relatively affluent intake compared with many Suffolk primaries. The school does not have a religious character, so admissions are not tied to faith criteria, and it operates as a standard community state school under Suffolk local authority.

Academically, Ickworth Park holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained across its two most recent inspections, including the most recent graded inspection in June 2024. The inspection report gave Good marks across every category: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The previous inspection, back in November 2010, also rated overall effectiveness as Good, with leadership and management and early years both scoring 2 on the same scale. While the school’s specific Key Stage 2 SATs results are not published in this data, the local authority average for KS2 attainment across Suffolk primary schools is 58 per cent meeting the expected standard, which provides a useful benchmark. Ickworth Park’s consistent Ofsted record suggests it is delivering solid outcomes in line with or above that local figure, though parents will want to check the latest performance tables for exact scores.

The school offers a notably broad set of facilities for a primary of its size, including a sensory room, forest school area, gymnasium, sports hall, library, outdoor playground, and even a chapel. Sports provision covers dance, cross country, athletics, football, netball, and tennis, while after-school clubs include choir, science club, coding, eco club, and film club. SEND support is comprehensive, with specialist provision for dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social and emotional mental health needs, speech and language challenges, physical disabilities, and autistic spectrum disorder. This combination of strong SEND infrastructure, oversubscribed but accessible admissions, and a wide extracurricular offer makes Ickworth Park a strong fit for families in the Bury St Edmunds area who want a well-resourced village-style primary with good behaviour standards and a clear focus on personal development.

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