Melton Primary School
Melton Road, Melton, Woodbridge, IP12 1PG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Caroline Richardson / Emma Mann
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 163
- URN
- 124597
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01394382506
About this school
Melton Primary School is a community primary school in Woodbridge. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 163 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
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 25 | 24 | 19 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 48% | 38% | 58% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 8% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 58% | 68% |
| Expected standard in maths | 60% | 58% | 68% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 60% | 58% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 103.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.70 | - | - |
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 Melton 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 | 48% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 38% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 58% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 177 |
| 2023/24 | 167 |
| 2024/25 | 174 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Melton Primary School compares
Melton Primary School ranked 127th of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 14% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 58% | 8.5% | 33.3% | 163 | — |
| Woodbridge Primary School | 72% | 4.5% | 12.2% | 209 | 0.6 miles |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Woodbridge | 73% | 4.1% | 8.2% | 198 | 1.2 miles |
| Kyson Primary School | — | — | — | 380 | 1.7 miles |
| Eyke Church of England Primary School | 78% | 4.6% | 7.8% | 97 | 2.3 miles |
| Sandlings Primary School | 73% | 3.1% | 3.7% | 82 | 2.7 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report6 January 2026
- 29 September 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 33.33%
- English as an additional language
- 4.6%
- Overall absence
- 8.48%
- Persistent absence
- 21.92%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Woodbridge Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Woodbridge
-
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Woodbridge1.2 miles
Primary · Woodbridge
-
Kyson Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Woodbridge
-
Eyke Church of England Primary School2.3 miles
Primary · Woodbridge
-
Sandlings Primary School2.7 miles
Primary · Woodbridge
Other schools in Woodbridge
Melton Primary School ranks 12th of the 16 ranked primary schools in Woodbridge.
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Laxfield Primary
- Bawdsey Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bealings School Primary
- Bedfield Church of England Primary School Primary
- Charsfield Church of England Primary School Primary
- Dennington Church of England Primary School Primary
- Earl Soham Community Primary School Primary
- Easton Primary School Primary
- Eyke Church of England Primary School Primary
- Grundisburgh Primary School Primary
- Hollesley Primary School Primary
- Kyson Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Melton Primary School teach?
- Melton Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Woodbridge.
- Who is the headteacher of Melton Primary School?
- The headteacher of Melton Primary School is Mrs Caroline Richardson / Emma Mann, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Melton Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Melton 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 Melton Primary School?
- Melton Primary School has 163 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Melton Primary School full?
- Melton Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 163 on roll (78%), so it has space against 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 Melton Primary School a faith school?
- No. Melton Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Melton Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Melton Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Melton Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 48% in 2022/23 and 58% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Melton Primary School rank locally?
- Melton Primary School ranked 127th of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 14% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Melton Primary School's absence rate?
- Melton Primary School's overall absence rate is 8.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Melton Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Melton 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.