St Christopher's CEVCP School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.704 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
St Christopher's CEVCP School is a primary school in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 November 2022. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Christopher's CEVCP 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 | 0.704 mi |
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 0.704 miles away, the 15th shortest of 48 Suffolk primary schools with a published last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 58 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 54 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- St Christopher's Cevcp School, Bellflower Crescent, Red Lodge, Bellflower Crescent, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 8XQ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 389 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils learn well and enjoy their lessons.”
- “They approach their learning with mature and positive attitudes.”
- “Pupils talk with enthusiasm about the things they learn, and the activities that staff provide for them.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, however, pupils do not have a secure understanding of what they need to know to allow them to fully access the next stage of learning.”
- “This is because, in these subjects, pupils do not apply or practise what they have learned sufficiently to secure their understanding of leaders’ intended curriculum before moving on.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 December 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) | 77% | 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: 58 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 54 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.
- The Pines Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Academy 3.1 mi Requires improvement
- Great Heath Academy 3.4 mi Good
- Moulton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 3.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- West Row Academy 4.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Beck Row Primary Academy 4.4 mi Good
- Barrow Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 5.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Louis Catholic Academy 5.4 mi Not judged