New Cangle Community Primary School
Chapple Drive, Haverhill, CB9 0DU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Jacqueline Brading
- Constituency
- West Suffolk
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 210
- URN
- 124537
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01440702143
About this school
New Cangle Community Primary School is a community primary school in Haverhill. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 210 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 24 | 31 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 58% | 39% | 50% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 17% | 6% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 75% | 65% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 79% | 52% | 57% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 35% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 102.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 101.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.90 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How New Cangle Community Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Suffolk average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 58% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 39% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 50% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 196 |
| 2023/24 | 207 |
| 2024/25 | 210 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How New Cangle Community Primary School compares
New Cangle Community Primary School ranked 174th of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50% | 4.8% | 13.8% | 210 | — |
| Place Farm Primary Academy | 75% | 6.3% | 31.3% | 416 | 0.4 miles |
| St Felix Roman Catholic Primary School, Haverhill | 45% | 4.3% | 11.9% | 217 | 0.7 miles |
| Burton End Primary Academy | 57% | 5.4% | 26.4% | 449 | 0.7 miles |
| Westfield Primary Academy | 55% | 5.9% | 24.3% | 425 | 0.7 miles |
| Clements Primary Academy | 57% | 7.7% | 41.2% | 268 | 1.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 13.81%
- English as an additional language
- 14.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.83%
- Persistent absence
- 10.11%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Place Farm Primary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Haverhill
-
St Felix Roman Catholic Primary School, Haverhill0.7 miles
Primary · Haverhill
-
Burton End Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Haverhill
-
Westfield Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Haverhill
-
Clements Primary Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Haverhill
Other schools in Haverhill
New Cangle Community Primary School ranks 9th of the 10 ranked primary schools in Haverhill.
- Burton End Primary Academy Primary
- Clements Primary Academy Primary
- Coupals Primary Academy Primary
- Kedington Primary Academy Primary
- Place Farm Primary Academy Primary
- St Felix Roman Catholic Primary School, Haverhill Primary
- Steeple Bumpstead Primary School Primary
- Thurlow Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Westfield Primary Academy Primary
- Castle Manor Academy Secondary
- Samuel Ward Academy Secondary
- Broadlands Hall Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does New Cangle Community Primary School teach?
- New Cangle Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Haverhill.
- Who is the headteacher of New Cangle Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of New Cangle Community Primary School is Ms Jacqueline Brading, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was New Cangle Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected New Cangle Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is New Cangle Community Primary School?
- New Cangle Community Primary School has 210 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is New Cangle Community Primary School full?
- New Cangle Community Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 210 on roll (100%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is New Cangle Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. New Cangle Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does New Cangle Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records New Cangle Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have New Cangle Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 58% in 2022/23 and 50% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does New Cangle Community Primary School rank locally?
- New Cangle Community Primary School ranked 174th of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is New Cangle Community Primary School's absence rate?
- New Cangle Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are New Cangle Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, New Cangle Community Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.