The Albert Pye Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Beccles, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.502 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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The Albert Pye Community Primary School is a primary school in Beccles, Suffolk for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 12 June 2024. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
The Albert Pye Community 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 | 0.502 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 82% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 18% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.502 miles away, the 9th shortest of 48 Suffolk primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 51 first-choice applications for 40 offers; 40 offers went to first-choice families, and 11 first-choice families (22%) were not offered a place.
- There are 22.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18 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
- Frederick's Road, Beccles, NR34 9UL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 350 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 12 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend this school.”
- “They are polite and well behaved.”
- “They talk with pride about how everyone is welcome at their school.”
To improve
- “Until recently, the curriculum taught was not as detailed or rich as it is now.”
- “The school has identified that as a result some pupils have gaps in previous learning, where their knowledge is not as deep it should be.”
- “However, the school is clear that pupils should be securing a deeper understanding of the whole curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 July 2024 (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) | 82% | 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: 51 first-preference applications, 40 offers in total, 40 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.
- Ravensmere Infant School 0.0 mi Good
- St Benet's RC Primary School and Nursery 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Beccles Primary Academy 0.6 mi Good
- Worlingham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ringsfield Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good
- Barnby and North Cove Community Primary School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Brampton Church of England Primary School 4.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Ilketshall St Lawrence School 5.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published