Crawford's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Stowmarket, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
0.957 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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Crawford's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Stowmarket, Suffolk for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 January 2023. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
Crawford's Church of England 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 2025 | 0.957 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The Reception 2025 last distance offered was 0.957 miles, the 5th shortest of 19 Suffolk primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance; the middle figure was 3.10 miles.
- 2026 Reception brought 10 first-choice applications for 11 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
- 26.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Suffolk is 16.4%.
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
- Green Road, Haughley, Stowmarket, IP14 3QZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 90 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Crawford’s are very happy.”
- “Pupils have positive relationships with adults in the school.”
- “This helps them to develop a good knowledge of what they have learned.”
To improve
- “In a minority of year groups, pupils do not have enough opportunities for practising and using their writing knowledge across the curriculum.”
- “The way in which handwriting is taught varies.”
- “Some pupils do not produce as high-quality work in other subjects as in their English lessons.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 March 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) | 62% | 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: 10 first-preference applications, 11 offers in total, 10 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.
- Grace Cook Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wood Ley Community Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Old Newton Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi Not judged
- Elmswell Community Primary School 2.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Chilton Community Primary School 2.3 mi Standards maintained
- Abbot's Hall Community Primary School 2.8 mi Standards maintained
- Cedars Park Community Primary School 2.9 mi Good
- Woolpit Primary Academy 2.9 mi Good