Risby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.823 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Risby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 29 November 2022. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Risby 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 | 2.823 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 2.823 miles away, the 12th longest of 48 Suffolk primary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2026, Reception had 30 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 54% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 22.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.9 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Suffolk.
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
- Aylmer Close, Risby, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6RT
- 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
- 7.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 29 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are very proud of their school.”
- “Pupils feel valued because their views are listened to.”
- “Pupils are enthusiastic about the content of the curriculum.”
To improve
- “Where the curriculum has new content, teachers feel less secure about their subject knowledge.”
- “Where this is the case, pupils develop their knowledge and skills more slowly compared with in other subjects.”
- “Teachers are not trained well enough in areas where there has been new curriculum content added.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 February 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) | 54% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 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.
- Sexton's Manor Primary School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Howard Community Academy 2.5 mi Not judged
- Barrow Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tollgate Primary School 3.0 mi Good
- St Edmundsbury CofE Primary Academy 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Ickworth Park Primary School 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery 3.4 mi Good
- St Edmund's Catholic Primary School 3.8 mi No Ofsted grade