Mellis Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy converter · Primary
Eye · IP23 8DP · Suffolk
Ages 5–11
- KS263%
- Absence3.3%
- FSM4.1%
2.7 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 143065
Gislingham Church of England Primary School
Academy converter · Eye · IP23 8HX
Ages 5–11 · 144 pupils · Suffolk
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
83%
Overall absence
5.0%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-04-16
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)83%
Higher standard (RWM)8%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 110.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 106.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)7.6%
Unauthorised0.9%
- Authorised absence
- 4.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 132
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill92%
144 pupils · 156 places
- Pupils on roll
- 144
- Boys / girls
- 60 / 84
- School capacity
- 156
- Capacity fill
- 144 / 156 (92%)
- Free school meals
- 10.4%
- FSM pupils
- 15
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 5–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 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
- Academy trust: THE TILIAN PARTNERSHIP
- Academy trust
- THE TILIAN PARTNERSHIP
- Sponsor
- The Tilian Partnership
- Headteacher
- Mr Richard Benstock
Location
- Address
- Broadfields Road, Gislingham
- Postcode
- IP23 8HX
- Town
- Eye
- County
- Suffolk
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- District
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley
- 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 academy converter (primary), Ages 5–11, in Eye, Suffolk, 144 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 10.4%. 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.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Richard Benstock
- Telephone
- 01379783283