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Middleton Community Primary School

East Suffolk, IP17 3NWPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
May 2025
KS2 Results
29%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
0.5×
Not oversubscribed
1 1st-choice / 2 places
Ranking
#13,290
of 13,686 nationally

About Middleton Community Primary School

Middleton Community Primary School’s headline metrics sit well below the Suffolk local authority average for primary schools, which stands at 58% of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2. The school’s own figure for 2023/24 is just 29%, a gap of 29 percentage points. This places it 206th out of 253 primary schools in the county and in the bottom 50 nationally by the same measure. The school is small — just 19 pupils against a capacity of 75 — and a quarter of its children (26. 3%) are eligible for free school meals, which is above the national average. So while the headline results are low, they need to be read in the context of a very small cohort where a single child’s performance can swing percentages dramatically. The school’s most recent graded Ofsted inspection, in December 2019, rated it Good overall, a significant improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2015.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressRectory Road, Saxmundham, East Suffolk, IP17 3NW
HeadteacherKaty Last
Local AuthoritySuffolk
Number of Pupils19
Free School Meals (FSM)26.3%
School Capacity19 / 75 (25% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

7 May 2025
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Quality of Education
Good
Behaviour & Attitudes
Good
Personal Development
Good
Leadership & Management
Good

Latest monitoring visit (7 May 2025): Standards maintained

Source: Ofsted, 27 Jan 2020. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

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AutismMental HealthSpeech & Language

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

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Teaching hours

08:55 – 15:15

Source: middletonprimaryschool.org.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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Middleton Community Primary School has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.