Kennett Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Newmarket · CB8 7WL · Cambridgeshire
Ages 2–11
- KS243%
- Absence4.3%
- FSM9.2%
- Demand0.67
1.9 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: OutstandingURN 124709
Moulton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Newmarket · CB8 8PR
Ages 4–11 · 206 pupils · Suffolk
Ofsted
Outstanding
KS2 expected (RWM)
73%
Overall absence
4.6%
Admissions demand
1.20 · Competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Outstanding
Inspection date
2022-12-13
- 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)73%
Higher standard (RWM)30%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 109.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 107.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)6.1%
Unauthorised1.4%
- Authorised absence
- 3.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 181
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
1.20 · Competitive
1st preferences
36
Places offered
30
1st-preference offers
28
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 77
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 30
- Applications from outside LA
- 21
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 7
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 fill98%
206 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 206
- Boys / girls
- 99 / 107
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 206 / 210 (98%)
- Free school meals
- 11.2%
- FSM pupils
- 23
- 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
- Mrs Deborah Shipp
Location
- Address
- School Road, Moulton
- Postcode
- CB8 8PR
- Town
- Newmarket
- County
- Suffolk
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- District
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to 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 Newmarket, Suffolk, 206 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 11.2%. 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.
Cheveley CofE Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Newmarket · CB8 9DF · Cambridgeshire
Ages 4–11
- KS265%
- Absence4.3%
- FSM13.3%
- Demand1.53
2.4 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Deborah Shipp
- Telephone
- 01638750236