Elmswell Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.557 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Elmswell Community Primary School is a primary school in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 26 February 2025. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Elmswell Community Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.557 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.557 miles away, 11th shortest of 48 Suffolk primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle 1.55 miles).
- That Reception last distance was nearer the school in 2026 than in 2025.
- Reception 2026 drew 65 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 59 offers went to first-choice families, and 6 first-choice families (9%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 76% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd highest of 8: itself and 7 of the 8 nearest Suffolk primary schools with results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Suffolk schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Oxer Close, Elmswell, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 9UE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 383 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 26 February 2025
Strengths
- “The school provides an environment that puts its vision of ‘nurturing a community of learners’ at its heart.”
- “Pupils enjoy being part of that community and feel safe and happy.”
- “They know that staff will help them if they have any worries.”
To improve
- “However, some older pupils do not have enough opportunities to practise their skills in letter formation and joining.”
- “As a result, these pupils struggle to write quickly and fluently.”
- “The quality and presentation of their writing across all subjects do not always reflect the high standards the school expects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 76% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 65 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 59 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Suffolk.
- Woolpit Primary Academy 1.3 mi Good
- Crawford's Church of England Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Thurston Church of England Primary Academy 2.5 mi Not judged
- Norton CEVC Primary School 2.5 mi Not judged
- Rattlesden Church of England Primary Academy 3.2 mi School remains Good
- Grace Cook Primary School 3.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wood Ley Community Primary School 3.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 4.0 mi Good