St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Sudbury, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
2.012 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 16 April 2025
St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school in Sudbury, Suffolk for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 December 2022. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
St Gregory 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 | 2.012 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 2.012 miles away, the 8th shortest of 19 Suffolk primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 17 first-choice applications for 19 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There were 16.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 23.9 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
- Church Street, Sudbury, CO10 2BJ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 227 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School are happy and enjoy their learning.”
- “They listen respectfully in lessons to adults and each other.”
- “Classrooms are calm places where pupils can focus on their learning.”
To improve
- “However, there are some subjects where subject leaders do not have regular opportunities to monitor how well their subject’s curriculum is being taught or how it is meeting the needs of all pupils.”
- “Where this happens, how the curriculum is taught does not fully reflect what leaders have planned.”
- “For example, pupils do not frequently revisit and practise previous learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 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) | 64% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 17 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.
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Tudor Church of England Primary School, Sudbury 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Pot Kiln Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- Woodhall Primary School 1.0 mi Improved significantly
- Wells Hall Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Long Melford Church of England Primary School 2.6 mi Standards maintained
- Great Waldingfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Acton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published