The Pines Primary School
Primary · Free schools · Ages 3–11 · Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.547 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
The Pines Primary School is a primary school in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk for ages 3–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 December 2022. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
The Pines 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 | 0.547 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 for Reception, the last child offered a place lived 0.547 miles away, the 10th shortest of 48 Suffolk primary schools with a published last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 38 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 61% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Suffolk.
- The school has 24.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.7 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
- Manor Wood, Red Lodge, Bury St. Edmunds, IP28 8WL
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 240 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at The Pines Primary School.”
- “They arrive each morning ready and keen to learn.”
- “Staff greet every pupil with welcoming smiles.”
To improve
- “In some aspects of the curriculum, not all teachers have secure subject knowledge.”
- “This means that they do not ensure that pupils fully grasp the important things they need to know.”
- “Pupils do not get enough opportunities to develop their interests across different activities.”
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) | 61% | 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: 38 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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 Christopher's CEVCP School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Academy 2.6 mi Requires improvement
- Great Heath Academy 2.9 mi Good
- West Row Academy 3.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Moulton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 3.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Beck Row Primary Academy 4.0 mi Good
- Barrow Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 5.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Louis Catholic Academy 5.8 mi Not judged