Whatfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Babergh · IP7 6QU

General information Primary School · 5-11 years Who goes here 44 pupils, 29.5% FSM

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Whatfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

General Information

Address: Rectory Road, Whatfield, Ipswich, IP7 6QU – View on map
Phone: 01473823309
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Julia Shaw
Age range: 5-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 4 families put it first for 4 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

44 pupils out of 56 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 13
% eligible for free school meals: 29.5%
Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the Babergh average)
English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 14.3% a year (Babergh 13.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 68% moved to another school, 32% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Suffolk: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 20 (0.4 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 1
Suspensions for bullying: 14 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Suffolk (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 8.7%
Persistently absent pupils: 19.4%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 9.1%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 18.2%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2023 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

SATs results for this school weren't published for 2024/25 - the Department for Education withholds them when a year group is too small to report without identifying pupils.

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30th of 31 primary schools in Babergh for Ofsted rating

#28Tattingstone Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
#29Tudor Church of England Primary School, SudburyGood
#30Whatfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
#31Woodhall Primary SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, LawshallOutstanding
#2Copdock Primary SchoolOutstanding
#3Acton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
#4Beaumont Community Primary SchoolGood
#5Bentley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
#6Bildeston Primary SchoolGood
#7Brooklands Primary SchoolGood
#8Bures Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
#9Capel St Mary Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
#10Cockfield Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#11East Bergholt Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
#12Glemsford Primary AcademyGood
#13Great Waldingfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
#14Hartest Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#15Hintlesham and Chattisham Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#16Holbrook Primary SchoolGood
#17Kersey Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#18Lavenham Community Primary SchoolGood
#19Long Melford Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#20Nayland Primary SchoolGood
#21Pot Kiln Primary SchoolGood
#22Shotley Community Primary SchoolGood
#23Sproughton Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#24St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
#25St Mary's Church of England Primary School, HadleighGood
#26Stoke-by-Nayland Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#27Stratford St Mary Primary SchoolGood
#28Tattingstone Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
#29Tudor Church of England Primary School, SudburyGood
#30Whatfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
#31Woodhall Primary SchoolGood

Financials

Spending per pupil, and how this school compares to others nearby, will appear here once we've linked in official DfE spending data.

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