Abbots Green Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.807 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Abbots Green Primary Academy is a primary school in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 June 2022. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Abbots Green Primary Academy 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 | 5.807 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 21% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 5.807 miles away, 3rd longest of 48 Suffolk primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle 1.55 miles).
- For Reception 2026 there were 76 first-choice applications for 74 offers; 72 offers went to first-choice families and 4 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place.
- Pupils eligible for free school meals make up 10.9%, against a middle figure of 23.7% 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
- Airfield Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP32 7PJ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 608 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 June 2022
Strengths
- “The ‘rainbow values’ encapsulate all that is great about the pupils at Abbots Green Primary Academy.”
- “Pupils are responsible in how they approach learning, reading regularly to win the sought-after ‘reading cup’.”
- “They are aspirational in how they take on roles, training hard to do these well.”
To improve
- “Nonetheless, some pupils find it difficult to recall learning from previous years.”
- “This makes it difficult for those pupils to maximise their knowledge by making links to what they learned before.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 July 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) | 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: 76 first-preference applications, 74 offers in total, 72 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.
- Sebert Wood Community Primary School 0.6 mi Good
- Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged
- Hardwick Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good
- St Edmund's Catholic Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Great Barton Church of England Primary Academy 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Edmundsbury CofE Primary Academy 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery 2.2 mi Good
- Tollgate Primary School 2.2 mi Good