Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school located in Stowmarket. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 25/11/2011. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading is average, progress in writing and progress in maths are well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.6%, which is 0.4 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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High Road, Stowmarket

School Information

Address: High Road, Stowmarket, IP14 3AQ
Website: www.greatfinborough.suffolk.sch.uk
Telephone: 01449613208
School Type: Voluntary controlled school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Suffolk
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Stephen Dodd
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 124732

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 25/11/2011

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 150
Number of Pupils: 130
Number of Boys: 70
Number of Girls: 60

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.6% 4%
Persistent absence: SUPP% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Below Average: -0.6 Confidence interval -3.8 to 2.5
Writing
Well Below Average: -5 Confidence interval -7.8 to -2.1
Maths
Well Below Average: -4.2 Confidence interval -6.9 to -1.4

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:56%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:0%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:104
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:101
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
High Road , Great Finborough IP14 3AQ 		3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Wood Ley Community Primary School
Lowry Way , IP14 1UF 		3out of 4 3,255 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Stowmarket High School
Onehouse Road , IP14 1QR 		2out of 4 3,149 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Finborough School
The Hall , Great Finborough IP14 3EF 		- not rated 634 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Olive Ap - Academy Suffolk
Chilton Way , IP14 1SZ 		1out of 4 2,900 yd Academy alternative provision sponsor led No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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