Carlton Colville Primary School
Gisleham Road, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, NR33 8DG
This school is closed (it closed in December 2025).
It was replaced by Carlton Colville Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Oz Sparks
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Lowestoft
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 375
- URN
- 124574
- Local authority
- Suffolk
About this school
Carlton Colville Primary School was a community primary school in Lowestoft. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 375 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Carlton Colville Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 58 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 65% | 76% | 49% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 5% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 84% | 69% |
| Expected standard in maths | 75% | 81% | 64% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 83% | 58% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 106.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 106.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.10 | - | - |
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 Carlton Colville 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 | 65% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 76% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 49% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 437 |
| 2023/24 | 395 |
| 2024/25 | 375 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Carlton Colville Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 20% 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 | 49% | 4.8% | 18.4% | 375 | — |
| Carlton Colville Primary School | — | — | — | 366 | 0.0 miles |
| Grove Primary School | 68% | 4.7% | 19.7% | 304 | 1.0 miles |
| Pakefield Primary School | 63% | 4.4% | 19.6% | 274 | 1.6 miles |
| Elm Tree Primary School | 81% | 5.1% | 29.9% | 266 | 1.6 miles |
| Westwood Primary School | 68% | 5.2% | 46.4% | 184 | 1.7 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)
- 18.4%
- English as an additional language
- 2.4%
- Overall absence
- 4.84%
- Persistent absence
- 11.14%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Carlton Colville Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Lowestoft
-
Grove Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Lowestoft
-
Pakefield Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Lowestoft
-
Elm Tree Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Lowestoft
-
Westwood Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Lowestoft
Other schools in Lowestoft
- Blundeston Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Carlton Colville Primary School Primary
- Corton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Dell Primary School Primary
- Elm Tree Primary School Primary
- Grove Primary School Primary
- Gunton Primary Academy Primary
- Kessingland Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Northfield St Nicholas Primary Academy Primary
- Oulton Broad Primary School Primary
- Pakefield Primary School Primary
- Poplars Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Carlton Colville Primary School teach?
- Carlton Colville Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Lowestoft.
- Has Carlton Colville Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Carlton Colville 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 Carlton Colville Primary School?
- Carlton Colville Primary School had 375 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Carlton Colville Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 65% in 2022/23 and 49% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Carlton Colville Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Carlton Colville 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 December 2025.