Kelsale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Saxmundham, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
3.151 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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Kelsale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school in Saxmundham, Suffolk for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 29 September 2022. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
Kelsale 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 2025 | 3.151 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 2025 lived 3.151 miles away, the 9th longest of 19 Suffolk primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 22 first-choice applications for 24 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 78% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In 2024/25 the reading, writing and maths result was highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Suffolk that have 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
- Carlton Road, Kelsale, Saxmundham, IP17 2NP
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 166 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 29 September 2022
Strengths
- “Kelsale Church of England Primary School is a warm and welcoming place.”
- “Pupils and staff stay true to the school vision that ‘together, we believe, we learn, laugh and shine’.”
- “Pupils meet the high expectations staff have of their learning and behaviour.”
To improve
- “Some subject leaders lack the training or experience to know how children learn in the early years.”
- “Consequently, when they check provision, they do not identify potential issues, such as ensuring children develop the depth of knowledge they should across all areas of learning.”
- “In a few subjects, assessment is not as precise.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 November 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) | 78% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 22 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.
- Saxmundham Primary School 0.6 mi Good
- Benhall St Mary's Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy 2.9 mi School remains Good
- Middleton Community Primary School 3.5 mi Standards maintained
- Snape Primary School 3.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Coldfair Green Community Primary School 3.9 mi Good
- Leiston Primary School 4.2 mi Not judged
- Bramfield Church of England Primary School 5.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published