Hartest Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Bury St Edmunds · IP29 4DL · Suffolk
Ages 4–11
- Absence7.0%
- FSM31.0%
- Demand1.00
2.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: OutstandingURN 124706
All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Lawshall
Voluntary controlled school · Bury St Edmunds · IP29 4QA
Ages 4–11 · 175 pupils · Suffolk
Ofsted
Outstanding
KS2 expected (RWM)
78%
Overall absence
4.3%
Admissions demand
0.91 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Outstanding
Inspection date
2024-01-23
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)78%
Higher standard (RWM)15%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 110.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 107.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.3%
Persistent absence (10%+)7.6%
Unauthorised0.8%
- Authorised absence
- 3.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 157
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.91 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
20
Places offered
22
1st-preference offers
20
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 28
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 22
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill93%
175 pupils · 189 places
- Pupils on roll
- 175
- Boys / girls
- 91 / 84
- School capacity
- 189
- Capacity fill
- 175 / 189 (93%)
- Free school meals
- 14.9%
- FSM pupils
- 26
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
- Headteacher
- Ms Clare Pamela Lamb
Location
- Address
- The Street, Lawshall
- Postcode
- IP29 4QA
- Town
- Bury St Edmunds
- County
- Suffolk
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- District
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, 175 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 14.9%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Cockfield Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Bury St Edmunds · IP30 0LA · Suffolk
Ages 4–11
- Absence4.1%
- FSM22.9%
- Demand1.00
2.5 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Clare Pamela Lamb
- Telephone
- 01284828223