St Christopher's CEVCP School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Bury St Edmunds · IP28 8XQ · Suffolk
Ages 3–11
- KS270%
- Absence6.9%
- FSM21.6%
- Demand0.79
0.5 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 145031
The Pines Primary School
Free schools · Bury St. Edmunds · IP28 8WL
Ages 3–11 · 240 pupils · Suffolk
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
41%
Overall absence
4.3%
Admissions demand
1.50 · Competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2022-12-13
- 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)41%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 100.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 101.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.3%
Persistent absence (10%+)9.9%
Unauthorised0.6%
- Authorised absence
- 3.7%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 172
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
1.50 · Competitive
1st preferences
45
Places offered
30
1st-preference offers
30
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 85
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 30
- Applications from outside LA
- 2
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 1
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 fill114%
240 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 240
- Boys / girls
- 121 / 119
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 240 / 210 (114%)
- Free school meals
- 5.2%
- FSM pupils
- 12
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Free schools
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: ANGLIAN LEARNING
- Academy trust
- ANGLIAN LEARNING
- Sponsor
- Anglian Learning
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kerry Darby
Location
- Address
- Manor Wood, Red Lodge
- Postcode
- IP28 8WL
- Town
- Bury St. Edmunds
- County
- Suffolk
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- District
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk
- 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 free schools (primary), Ages 3–11, in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, 240 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 5.2%.
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
2.0 miles away
St Mary's Church of England Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy converter · Primary
Bury St Edmunds · IP28 7LR · Suffolk
Ages 4–11
- KS247%
- Absence6.2%
- FSM19.6%
- Demand1.02
2.6 miles away
Great Heath Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Bury St Edmunds · IP28 7PT · Suffolk
Ages 3–11
- KS243%
- Absence5.0%
- FSM22.5%
- Demand0.94
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kerry Darby
- Telephone
- 01638790135