Great Waldingfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Sudbury, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.709 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Great Waldingfield 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 Good, from the inspection on 5 April 2022. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Great Waldingfield 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 | 3.709 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 3.709 miles away, the 8th longest of 48 Suffolk primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 27 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 26 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% 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
- Folly Road, Great Waldingfield, Sudbury, CO10 0RR
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 203 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 5 April 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at this welcoming school.”
- “The school’s Christian ethos helps pupils to understand how to be kind and respectful.”
- “Pupils readily accept one another, regardless of their background.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, such as science and geography, leaders’ intentions are not fully established.”
- “In these few subjects, pupils do not think as deeply about their learning as they could.”
- “They are not taught to apply their subject-specific knowledge to become experts.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 May 2022 (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) | 57% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 26 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 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woodhall Primary School 1.9 mi Improved significantly
- Pot Kiln Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good
- Tudor Church of England Primary School, Sudbury 2.1 mi School remains Good
- Wells Hall Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Long Melford Church of England Primary School 2.8 mi Standards maintained