The Pines Primary School
Ofsted: GoodFree schools · Primary
Bury St. Edmunds · IP28 8WL · Suffolk
Ages 3–11
- KS241%
- Absence4.3%
- FSM5.2%
- Demand1.50
0.5 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 142025
St Christopher's CEVCP School
Academy sponsor led · Bury St Edmunds · IP28 8XQ
Ages 3–11 · 389 pupils · Suffolk
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
70%
Overall absence
6.9%
Admissions demand
0.79 · Often has places
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2022-11-02
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- 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)70%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)20.6%
Unauthorised1.2%
- Authorised absence
- 5.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.1%
- Enrolments in measure
- 282
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
0.79 · Often has places
1st preferences
45
Places offered
60
1st-preference offers
45
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 80
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 57
- Applications from outside LA
- 2
- 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 fill100%
389 pupils · 390 places
- Pupils on roll
- 389
- Boys / girls
- 189 / 200
- School capacity
- 390
- Capacity fill
- 389 / 390 (100%)
- Free school meals
- 21.6%
- FSM pupils
- 84
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
- Governance
- Academy trust: GRACE SCHOOLS
- Academy trust
- GRACE SCHOOLS
- Sponsor
- Grace Schools
- Headteacher
- Miss Chloe Brown
Location
- Address
- St Christopher's Cevcp School, Bellflower Crescent, Red Lodge, Bellflower Crescent
- Postcode
- IP28 8XQ
- Town
- Bury St Edmunds
- County
- Suffolk
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- District
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk
- Urban/rural
- Larger 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 academy sponsor led (primary), Ages 3–11, in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, 389 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 21.6%. 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.
Kennett Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Newmarket · CB8 7WL · Cambridgeshire
Ages 2–11
- KS243%
- Absence4.3%
- FSM9.2%
- Demand0.67
1.6 miles away
Mildenhall College Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Mildenhall · IP28 7JX · Suffolk
Ages 11–18
- Att839.8
- P8-0.3
- EM5+28%
- Absence8.6%
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Chloe Brown
- Telephone
- 01638750342