Exning Primary School
Oxford Street, Exning, Newmarket, CB8 7EW
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Exning Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr James Clark
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- West Suffolk
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 222
- Pupils on roll
- 225
- URN
- 124544
- Local authority
- Suffolk
About this school
Exning Primary School was a community primary school in Newmarket. It taught children aged 5 to 11 and had 225 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Exning Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 29 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 83% | 66% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 17% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 90% | 86% |
| Expected standard in maths | 90% | 79% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 79% | 79% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.60 | - |
| Writing progress | +1.70 | - |
| Maths progress | +4.10 | - |
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 Exning 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 | 83% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 66% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 222 |
| 2023/24 | 225 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Exning Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 82% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.4% | 15.1% | 225 | — |
| Exning Primary School | 75% | 4.7% | 18.3% | 223 | 0.0 miles |
| Laureate Community Academy | 64% | 4.6% | 17.8% | 239 | 1.0 miles |
| Paddocks Primary School | 71% | 3.8% | 17.8% | 179 | 1.3 miles |
| Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy | 65% | 4.6% | 28.6% | 332 | 1.9 miles |
| Burwell Village College (Primary) | 66% | 4.3% | 21% | 374 | 2.0 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 15.1%
- English as an additional language
- 5.8%
- Overall absence
- 4.4%
- Persistent absence
- 7.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Exning Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Newmarket
-
Laureate Community Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Newmarket
-
Paddocks Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Newmarket
-
Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy1.9 miles
Primary · Newmarket
-
Burwell Village College (Primary)2.0 miles
Primary · Cambridge
Other schools in Newmarket
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Newmarket Primary
- Burrough Green CofE Primary Academy Primary
- Cheveley CofE Primary School Primary
- Ditton Lodge Primary School Primary
- Exning Primary School Primary
- Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy Primary
- Kennett Primary School Primary
- Kettlefields Primary School Primary
- Laureate Community Academy Primary
- Moulton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Paddocks Primary School Primary
- St Louis Catholic Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Exning Primary School teach?
- Exning Primary School taught children aged 5 to 11. It was a primary school in Newmarket.
- Has Exning Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Exning Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Exning Primary School?
- Exning Primary School had 225 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- How have Exning Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 83% in 2022/23 and 66% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Exning Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Exning 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 31 August 2024.