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Children in Suffolk
How children here are doing, from the 2-year check to the end of primary school, set against England as a whole.
Health and early years
At a glance
| Measure | Suffolk | England |
|---|---|---|
| On track in all five areas at the 2 to 2½ year review 2024/25 higher | 83.7% | 81.4% |
| Good level of development at the end of Reception 2024/25 similar | 68.1% | 68.3% |
| Phonics check met in Year 1 2024/25 similar | 79.4% | 79.8% |
| Reception children living with obesity 2024/25 similar | 10.1% | 10.5% |
| Year 6 children living with obesity 2024/25 lower | 20.2% | 22.2% |
| MMR first dose by age 2 2024/25 higher | 93.6% | 88.9% |
| MMR two doses by age 5 2024/25 higher | 91.4% | 83.7% |
| 5-year-olds with visible tooth decay 2023/24 lower | 15.6% | 22.4% |
| Babies breastfed at 6 to 8 weeks 2024/25 lower | 54.0% | 55.6% |
| Primary pupils persistently absent 2024/25 lower | 12.2% | 13.0% |
| Children in relative low-income families (under 16) 2024/25 lower | 18.0% | 19.8% |
“Higher” or “lower” means the difference from England is bigger than the margin of error; “similar” means it isn’t. These are figures for all children in the council area, not for any one school or child.
End of primary school
Year 6 reading, writing and maths
| Year | Suffolk | England |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 62% | 65% |
| 2021/22 | 54% | 59% |
| 2022/23 | 57% | 60% |
| 2023/24 | 58% | 61% |
| 2024/25 | 59% | 63% |
| 2025/26 | 60% | 63% |
Share of pupils in state-funded schools meeting the expected standard in all three. 2025/26 figures are provisional. There were no tests in 2019/20 or 2020/21.
Schools
Primary schools in Suffolk
253 schools
- Abbot's Hall Community Primary School Stowmarket
- Abbots Green Primary Academy Bury St Edmunds
- Acton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Sudbury
- Aldeburgh Primary School Aldeburgh
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Laxfield Woodbridge
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Newmarket Newmarket
- All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Lawshall Bury St Edmunds
- Bacton Primary School Stowmarket
- Bardwell Church of England Primary School Bury St Edmunds
- Barnby and North Cove Community Primary School Beccles
- Barnham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Nr Thetford
- Barningham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Bury St Edmunds
- Barrow Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Bury St Edmunds
- Bawdsey Church of England Primary School Woodbridge
- Bealings School Woodbridge
- Beaumont Community Primary School Hadleigh
- Beccles Primary Academy Beccles
- Beck Row Primary Academy Bury St Edmunds
- Bedfield Church of England Primary School Woodbridge
- Benhall St Mary's Church of England Primary School Saxmundham
- Bentley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Ipswich
- Bildeston Primary School Ipswich
- Birchwood Primary School Ipswich
- Blundeston Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Lowestoft
- Bosmere Community Primary School Ipswich
- Boxford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Sudbury
- Bramfield Church of England Primary School Halesworth
- Bramford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Ipswich
- Brampton Church of England Primary School Beccles
- Britannia Primary School and Nursery Ipswich
- Broke Hall Community Primary School Ipswich
- Brooklands Primary School Nr Manningtree
- Bucklesham Primary School Ipswich
- Bungay Primary School Bungay
- Bures Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Bures
- Burton End Primary Academy Haverhill
- Capel St Mary Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Ipswich
- Carlton Colville Primary School Lowestoft
- Castle Hill Infant School Ipswich
- Castle Hill Junior School Ipswich
- Cavendish Church of England Primary School Sudbury
- Cedars Park Community Primary School Stowmarket
- Cedarwood Primary School Ipswich
- Charsfield Church of England Primary School Woodbridge
- Chelmondiston Church of England Primary School Ipswich
- Chilton Community Primary School Stowmarket
- Clare Community Primary School Sudbury
- Claydon Primary School Ipswich
- Clements Primary Academy Haverhill
- Cliff Lane Primary School Ipswich
- Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery Ipswich
- Cockfield Church of England Primary School Bury St Edmunds
- Coldfair Green Community Primary School Saxmundham
- Colneis Junior School Felixstowe
- Combs Ford Primary School Stowmarket
- Copdock Primary School Ipswich
- Corton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Lowestoft
- Coupals Primary Academy Haverhill
- Crawford's Church of England Primary School Stowmarket
- Creeting St Mary Church of England Primary School Ipswich
- Dale Hall Community Primary School Ipswich
- Dell Primary School Lowestoft
- Dennington Church of England Primary School Woodbridge
- Earl Soham Community Primary School Woodbridge
- East Bergholt Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Nr Colchester
- Easton Primary School Woodbridge
- Edgar Sewter Community Primary School Halesworth
- Elm Tree Primary School Lowestoft
- Elmsett Church of England Primary School Ipswich
- Elmswell Community Primary School Bury St Edmunds
- Elveden Church of England Primary Academy Thetford
- Exning Primary School Newmarket
- Eyke Church of England Primary School Woodbridge
- Fairfield Infant School Felixstowe
- Felix Primary School Felixstowe
- Forest Academy Brandon
- Framlingham Sir Robert Hitcham's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Framlingham, Woodbridge
- Freeman Community Primary School Stowmarket
- Fressingfield Church of England Primary School Eye
- Gislingham Church of England Primary School Eye
- Glade Academy Brandon
- Glemsford Primary Academy Sudbury
- Gorseland Primary School IPSWICH
- Grace Cook Primary School Stowmarket
- Grange Community Primary School Felixstowe
- Great Barton Church of England Primary Academy Bury St Edmunds
- Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Stowmarket
- Great Heath Academy Bury St Edmunds
- Great Waldingfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Sudbury
- Great Whelnetham Church of England Primary School Bury St. Edmunds
- Grove Primary School Lowestoft
- Grundisburgh Primary School Woodbridge
- Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School Bury St Edmunds
- Gunton Primary Academy Lowestoft
- Gusford Community Primary School Ipswich
- Hadleigh Community Primary School Hadleigh
- Halifax Primary School Ipswich
- Handford Hall Primary School Ipswich
- Hardwick Primary School Bury St Edmunds
- Hartest Church of England Primary School Bury St Edmunds
- Heath Primary School, Kesgrave Ipswich
- Helmingham Primary School and Nursery Stowmarket
- Henley Primary School Ipswich
- Hillside Primary School Ipswich
- Hintlesham and Chattisham Church of England Primary School Ipswich
- Holbrook Primary School Ipswich
- Hollesley Primary School Woodbridge
- Holton St Peter Community Primary School Halesworth
- Honington Church of England Primary School Bury St Edmunds
- Hopton Church of England Primary Academy Diss
- Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy Newmarket
- Howard Community Academy Bury St Edmunds
- Hundon Community Primary School Sudbury
- Ickworth Park Primary School Bury St Edmunds
- Ilketshall St Lawrence School Beccles
- Ixworth Church of England Primary School Bury St. Edmunds
- Kedington Primary Academy Haverhill
- Kelsale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Saxmundham
- Kersey Church of England Primary School Ipswich
- Kessingland Church of England Primary Academy Lowestoft
- Kingsfleet Primary School Felixstowe
- Kyson Primary School Woodbridge
- Lakenheath Community Primary School Brandon
- Langer Primary Academy Felixstowe
- Laureate Community Academy Newmarket
- Lavenham Community Primary School Sudbury
- Leiston Primary School Leiston
- Long Melford Church of England Primary School Sudbury
- Martlesham Primary Academy Woodbridge
- Mellis Church of England Primary School Eye
- Melton Primary School Woodbridge
- Mendham Primary School Harleston
- Mendlesham Primary School Stowmarket
- Middleton Community Primary School Saxmundham
- Morland Church of England Primary School Ipswich
- Moulton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Newmarket
- Murrayfield Primary - A Paradigm Academy Ipswich
- Nacton Church of England Primary School Ipswich
- Nayland Primary School Nr Colchester
- New Cangle Community Primary School Haverhill
- Northfield St Nicholas Primary Academy Lowestoft
- Norton CEVC Primary School Bury St Edmunds
- Occold Primary School Eye
- Old Newton Church of England Primary School Stowmarket
- Orford Church of England Primary School and Nursery Woodbridge
- Otley Primary School Ipswich
- Oulton Broad Primary School Lowestoft
- Paddocks Primary School Newmarket
- Pakefield Primary School Lowestoft
- Palgrave Church of England Primary School Nr Diss
- Phoenix St Peter Academy Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Piper's Vale Primary - A Paradigm Academy Ipswich
- Place Farm Primary Academy Haverhill
- Poplars Community Primary School Lowestoft
- Pot Kiln Primary School Sudbury
- Ranelagh Primary School Ipswich
- Rattlesden Church of England Primary Academy Bury St Edmunds
- Ravensmere Infant School Beccles
- Ravenswood Community Primary School Ipswich
- Red Oak Primary School Lowestoft
- Rendlesham Primary School Woodbridge
- Reydon Primary School Southwold
- Ringsfield Church of England Primary School Beccles
- Ringshall School Stowmarket
- Risby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Bury St Edmunds
- Roman Hill Primary School Lowestoft
- Rose Hill Primary Ipswich
- Rougham Church of England Primary School Bury St. Edmunds
- Rushmere Hall Primary School Ipswich
- Sandlings Primary School Woodbridge
- Saxmundham Primary School Saxmundham
- Sebert Wood Community Primary School Bury St Edmunds
- Sexton's Manor Primary School Bury St Edmunds
- Shotley Community Primary School Ipswich
- Sidegate Primary School Ipswich
- Sir Robert Hitcham Church of England Voluntary Aided School Stowmarket
- Snape Primary School Saxmundham
- Somerleyton Primary School Lowestoft
- Somersham Primary School Ipswich
- Southwold Primary School Southwold
- Springfield Infant School and Nursery Ipswich
- Springfield Junior School Ipswich
- Sprites Primary Academy Ipswich
- Sproughton Church of England Primary School Ipswich
- St Benet's Catholic Primary School Beccles
- St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Nr Diss
- St Christopher's CEVCP School Bury St Edmunds
- St Edmund's Catholic Primary School Bury St Edmunds
- St Edmund's Catholic Primary School Bungay
- St Edmund's Primary School Eye
- St Edmundsbury CofE Primary Academy Bury St. Edmunds
- St Felix Roman Catholic Primary School, Haverhill HAVERHILL
- St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Sudbury
- St Helen's Primary School Ipswich
- St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ipswich Ipswich
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Sudbury
- St Louis Catholic Academy Newmarket
- St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ipswich Ipswich
- St Margaret's Primary Academy Lowestoft
- St Mark's Catholic Primary School Ipswich
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ipswich Ipswich
- St Mary's Church of England Academy Bury St Edmunds
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Hadleigh Ipswich
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Woodbridge Woodbridge
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School Lowestoft
- St Matthew's Church of England Primary School, Ipswich Ipswich
- St Pancras Catholic Primary School Ipswich
- St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary School, Eye Eye
- Stanton Primary School Bury St. Edmunds
- Stoke-by-Nayland Church of England Primary School Nr Colchester
- Stonham Aspal Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Stowmarket
- Stradbroke Church of England Primary School Eye
- Stratford St Mary Primary School Nr Colchester
- Stutton Church of England Primary School IPSWICH
- Tattingstone Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Ipswich
- The Albert Pye Community Primary School Beccles
- The Beeches Community Primary School Ipswich
- The Limes Primary Academy Lowestoft
- The Oaks Primary School Ipswich
- The Pines Primary School Bury St. Edmunds
- The Willows Primary School Ipswich
- Thorndon Church of England Primary School Eye
- Thurlow Voluntary Controlled Primary School Haverhill
- Thurston Church of England Primary Academy Bury St. Edmunds
- Tollgate Primary School Bury St Edmunds
- Trimley St Martin Primary School Felixstowe
- Trimley St Mary Primary School Felixstowe
- Trinity Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Stowmarket
- Tudor Church of England Primary School, Sudbury Sudbury
- Waldringfield Primary School Woodbridge
- Walsham-le-Willows Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Bury St Edmunds
- Wells Hall Primary School Sudbury
- Wenhaston Primary School Halesworth
- West Row Academy Bury St. Edmunds
- Westfield Primary Academy Haverhill
- Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery Bury St Edmunds
- Westwood Primary School Lowestoft
- Wetheringsett Church of England Primary School Stowmarket
- Whatfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Ipswich
- Whitehouse Community Primary School Ipswich
- Wickham Market Primary School Woodbridge
- Wickhambrook Primary Academy Newmarket
- Wilby Church of England Primary School Eye
- Witnesham Primary School Ipswich
- Wood Ley Community Primary School Stowmarket
- Woodbridge Primary School Woodbridge
- Woodhall Primary School Sudbury
- Woods Loke Primary School Lowestoft
- Woolpit Primary Academy Bury St Edmunds
- Worlingham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Beccles
- Worlingworth Church of England primary school Woodbridge
- Wortham Primary School Diss
- Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy Saxmundham