Lavenham Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Sudbury, Suffolk
Lavenham Community Primary School is a primary school in Sudbury, Suffolk for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 18 December 2024.
Open on the map Unlock every school · £9.99
Catchment area for Lavenham Community Primary School
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school, on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Earlier exam results, 2022/23 to 2023/24
- Which schools pupils move on to or come from
- Crime, sold prices and rents, broadband and transport around the school
One payment, no subscription: 3 months of every school and nursery in England.
Key facts
- Address
- Barn Street, Lavenham, Sudbury, CO10 9RB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 114 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 18 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils feel happy and safe at Lavenham Primary.”
- “They are enthusiastic about school and attend well.”
- “Pupils know that if they ever feel worried, they have adults who care for them and will listen.”
To improve
- “However, there are occasions when the activities pupils complete do not enable them to learn the curriculum as well as they could.”
- “Some activities do not allow pupils to practise or apply their learning sufficiently well.”
- “On these occasions, pupils do not achieve as effectively.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 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) | 79% | 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: 7 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 7 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.
- Acton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cockfield Church of England Primary School 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Great Waldingfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 3.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Long Melford Church of England Primary School 4.1 mi Standards maintained
- All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Lawshall 4.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Bildeston Primary School 4.7 mi Good
- Woodhall Primary School 4.9 mi Improved significantly
- Tudor Church of England Primary School, Sudbury 5.2 mi School remains Good