Creeting St Mary Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Ipswich · IP6 8NF · Suffolk
Ages 5–11
- FSM7.9%
2.9 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 124772
Stonham Aspal Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Stowmarket · IP14 6AF
Ages 5–11 · 162 pupils · Suffolk
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
60%
Overall absence
4.3%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-06-14
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)60%
Higher standard (RWM)7%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 106.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.3%
Persistent absence (10%+)9.0%
Unauthorised0.6%
- Authorised absence
- 3.7%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 167
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
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
10
Places offered
10
1st-preference offers
10
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 28
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 10
- 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 fill77%
162 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 162
- Boys / girls
- 80 / 82
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 162 / 210 (77%)
- Free school meals
- 10.5%
- FSM pupils
- 17
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
Age range
Ages 5–11
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 aided school
- Headteacher
- Mr Ben Hemmings
Location
- Address
- The Street, Stonham Aspal
- Postcode
- IP14 6AF
- 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
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 5–11, in Stowmarket, Suffolk, 162 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 10.5%. 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.
Debenham High School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Stowmarket · IP14 6BL · Suffolk
Ages 11–16
- Att855.4
- P80.8
- EM5+59%
- Absence7.6%
3.0 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Ben Hemmings
- Telephone
- 01449711346