Sexton's Manor Community Primary School
Greene Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3HG
This school is closed (it closed in March 2024).
It was replaced by Sexton's Manor Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Debbie Knight
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 196
- URN
- 124553
- Local authority
- Suffolk
About this school
Sexton's Manor Community Primary School was a community primary school in Bury St Edmunds. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 196 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Sexton's Manor Community 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 | 17 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 53% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 71% | 60% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 53% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.10 | - |
| Writing progress | +1.30 | - |
| Maths progress | -2.30 | - |
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 Sexton's Manor 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 | 59% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 53% | 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 | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 191 |
| 2023/24 | 196 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sexton's Manor Community Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.6% | 21.2% | 196 | — |
| Sexton's Manor Primary School | 27% | 5.4% | 23.9% | 165 | 0.0 miles |
| St Edmundsbury CofE Primary Academy | 25% | 5.3% | 27.6% | 168 | 0.7 miles |
| Howard Community Academy | 36% | 7.4% | 47.2% | 210 | 0.8 miles |
| Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery | 39% | 6.2% | 29.5% | 301 | 1.0 miles |
| Tollgate Primary School | 68% | 6.1% | 30.7% | 437 | 1.1 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)
- 21.2%
- English as an additional language
- 8.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.6%
- Persistent absence
- 14.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Sexton's Manor Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Bury St Edmunds
-
St Edmundsbury CofE Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Bury St. Edmunds
-
Howard Community Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Bury St Edmunds
-
Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery1.0 miles
Primary · Bury St Edmunds
-
Tollgate Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Bury St Edmunds
Other schools in Bury St Edmunds
- Abbots Green Primary Academy Primary
- All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Lawshall Primary
- Bardwell Church of England Primary School Primary
- Barningham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Barrow Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Beck Row Primary Academy Primary
- Cockfield Church of England Primary School Primary
- Elmswell Community Primary School Primary
- Great Barton Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Great Heath Academy Primary
- Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School Primary
- Hardwick Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Sexton's Manor Community Primary School teach?
- Sexton's Manor Community Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Bury St Edmunds.
- Has Sexton's Manor Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Sexton's Manor Community 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 big is Sexton's Manor Community Primary School?
- Sexton's Manor Community Primary School had 196 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Sexton's Manor Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 59% in 2022/23 and 53% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Sexton's Manor Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sexton's Manor 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 10 July 2024.