Community school · Primary
Ipswich · IP6 9NT · Suffolk
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
2.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 146961
Helmingham Primary School and Nursery
Academy sponsor led · Stowmarket · IP14 6EX
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 2–11
Pupils
30
Local authority
Suffolk
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (primary), Ages 2–11, in Stowmarket, Suffolk, 30 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 13.3%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 146961
Location
- Address
- School Road, Helmingham
- Postcode
- IP14 6EX
- Town
- Stowmarket
- County
- Suffolk
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- District
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 30
- Boys / girls
- 15 / 15
- School capacity
- 90
- Capacity fill
- 30 / 90 (33%)
- Free school meals
- 13.3%
- FSM pupils
- 4
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: CONSORTIUM TRUST
- Academy trust
- CONSORTIUM TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Consortium Multi-Academy Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Stephanie Powley
- Telephone
- 01473890267
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Needs attention
Inspection date
2026-04-21
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.