Pakefield Primary School is a primary school located in Lowestoft. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 29/11/2017. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading and progress in writing are average, progress in maths is below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.5%, which is 0.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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London Road, Lowestoft

School Information

Address: London Road, Lowestoft, NR33 7AQ
Website: www.pakefieldprimaryschool.org.uk/
Telephone: 01502574032
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Suffolk
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Martyn Payne
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 141640

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 29/11/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 420
Number of Pupils: 400
Number of Boys: 193
Number of Girls: 207

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 9.7% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -1 Confidence interval -2.6 to 0.6
Writing
Average: -0.4 Confidence interval -1.9 to 1.1
Maths
Below Average: -1.7 Confidence interval -3.1 to -0.3

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:61%
England Average:65%

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

School:10%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:104
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:104
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Pakefield Primary School
London Road , Pakefield NR33 7AQ 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Westwood Primary School
Westwood Avenue , Westwood Primary School NR33 9RR 		3out of 4 1,319 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School
Kirkley Cliff Road , NR33 0DG 		3out of 4 1,625 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Phoenix St Peter Academy
Enstone Road , NR33 0NE 		2out of 4 1,881 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Elm Tree Primary School
Ranworth Avenue , NR33 9HN 		2out of 4 1,950 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Pakefield High School
London Road Pakefield , Pakefield NR33 7AQ 		2out of 4 290 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
East Point Academy
Kirkley Run , NR33 0UQ 		3out of 4 2,146 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Everitt Academy
Church Lane , Carlton Colville NR33 8AX 		- not rated 2,737 yd Free schools special No Mixed More About School
Warren School
Clarkes Lane , Oulton Broad NR33 8HT 		1out of 4 2,762 yd Academy special sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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