Acton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Sudbury, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.264 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Acton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school in Sudbury, Suffolk for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 April 2023. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Acton Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 | 0.264 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 0.264 miles away, 3rd shortest of 48 Suffolk primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.55 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 41 first-choice applications for 30 offers; all 30 went to first-choice families, and 11 first-choice families (27%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 74% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 21% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Lambert Drive, Acton, Sudbury, CO10 0US
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 196 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 20 April 2023
Strengths
- “Acton pupils are proud of their school.”
- “This shines through in their welcome to visitors and in their eagerness to explain their learning.”
- “Pupils understand the school motto, ‘strive, support, succeed’.”
To improve
- “The support for some older pupils who need to improve their reading is not always as precise in ensuring that they catch up quickly.”
- “However, occasionally, starter activities and some informal checks on learning are not matched well enough to leaders’ intentions.”
- “This is because the tasks set are not always precise enough in ensuring that pupils remember important content before they move on to the next stage.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 June 2023 (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) | 74% | 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: 41 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Great Waldingfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodhall Primary School 1.8 mi Improved significantly
- Long Melford Church of England Primary School 1.9 mi Standards maintained
- Tudor Church of England Primary School, Sudbury 2.1 mi School remains Good
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Pot Kiln Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good
- St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wells Hall Primary School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published