Ilketshall St Lawrence School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Beccles, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
5.285 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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Ilketshall St Lawrence School is a primary school in Beccles, Suffolk for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
Ilketshall St Lawrence 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 | 5.285 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception in 2025, the last child offered a place lived 5.285 miles away, the longest of 19 Suffolk primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance; the middle figure was 3.10 miles.
- Reception entry in 2026 had 11 first-choice applications for 11 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd 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
- Hogg Lane, Ilketshall St Lawrence, Beccles, NR34 8ND
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 99 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy, positive and active members of their school community.”
- “Exciting opportunities deepen their knowledge and understanding.”
- “They develop their knowledge securely across the curriculum.”
To improve
- “While pupils gain the basic knowledge they need in spelling and handwriting, they do not always apply these skills well across the wider curriculum.”
- “In some subjects, staff do not always apply agreed approaches consistently.”
- “They do not always expect pupils to present their work with the same care they show in English and mathematics.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 2026 (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) | 56% | 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: 11 first-preference applications, 11 offers in total, 11 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.
- Ringsfield Church of England Primary School 2.9 mi School remains Good
- Edgar Sewter Community Primary School 3.2 mi Good
- Brampton Church of England Primary School 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Holton St Peter Community Primary School 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bungay Primary School 4.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Benet's RC Primary School and Nursery 4.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Edmund's RC Primary School and Nursery 5.0 mi Good
- The Albert Pye Community Primary School 5.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published