Trimley St Mary Primary School
High Road, Trimley St Mary, Felixstowe, IP11 0ST
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Hayley Lamb and Lucy Beston
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 389
- URN
- 124613
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01394284130
About this school
Trimley St Mary Primary School is a community primary school in Felixstowe. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 389 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Trimley St Mary Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 60 | 54 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 42% | 48% | 44% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 2% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 72% | 59% |
| Expected standard in maths | 53% | 57% | 54% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 58% | 78% | 58% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 101.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.50 | - | - |
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 Trimley St Mary 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 | 42% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 48% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 44% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 387 |
| 2023/24 | 386 |
| 2024/25 | 385 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Trimley St Mary Primary School compares
Trimley St Mary Primary School ranked 190th of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 15% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 44% | 5.6% | 22.6% | 389 | — |
| Felix Primary School | 32% | 8.4% | 40% | 201 | 0.8 miles |
| Grange Community Primary School | 57% | 7.1% | 28.3% | 160 | 1.1 miles |
| Trimley St Martin Primary School | 59% | 6.3% | 21.1% | 168 | 1.4 miles |
| Fairfield Infant School | — | — | — | 294 | 1.5 miles |
| Colneis Junior School | — | — | — | 343 | 1.8 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)
- 22.6%
- English as an additional language
- 1.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.6%
- Persistent absence
- 12.72%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Felix Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Felixstowe
-
Grange Community Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Felixstowe
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Trimley St Martin Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Felixstowe
-
Fairfield Infant School1.5 miles
Primary · Felixstowe
-
Colneis Junior School1.8 miles
Primary · Felixstowe
Other schools in Felixstowe
Trimley St Mary Primary School ranks 4th of the 6 ranked primary schools in Felixstowe.
- Colneis Junior School Primary
- Fairfield Infant School Primary
- Felix Primary School Primary
- Grange Community Primary School Primary
- Kingsfleet Primary School Primary
- Langer Primary Academy Primary
- Trimley St Martin Primary School Primary
- Felixstowe School Secondary
- Felixstowe International College Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Trimley St Mary Primary School teach?
- Trimley St Mary Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Felixstowe.
- Who is the headteacher of Trimley St Mary Primary School?
- The headteacher of Trimley St Mary Primary School is Hayley Lamb and Lucy Beston, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Trimley St Mary Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Trimley St Mary 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 many pupils are at Trimley St Mary Primary School?
- Trimley St Mary Primary School has 389 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Trimley St Mary Primary School full?
- Trimley St Mary Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 389 on roll (93%), 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 Trimley St Mary Primary School a faith school?
- No. Trimley St Mary Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Trimley St Mary Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Trimley St Mary Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Trimley St Mary Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 42% in 2022/23 and 44% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Trimley St Mary Primary School compare with other schools in Suffolk?
- Trimley St Mary Primary School ranked 190th of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 15% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Trimley St Mary Primary School's absence rate?
- Trimley St Mary Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Trimley St Mary Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Trimley St Mary 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.