Kingsfleet Primary School
Ferry Road, Felixstowe, IP11 9LY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kyrsty Beattie
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 185
- URN
- 124627
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01394277897
About this school
Kingsfleet Primary School is a community primary school in Felixstowe. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 185 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Kingsfleet 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 15 May 2024, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 29 | 28 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 66% | 29% | 52% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 0% | 17% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% | 46% | 59% |
| Expected standard in maths | 76% | 50% | 76% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 72% | 57% | 79% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 100.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 99.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| 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 Kingsfleet 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 | 66% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 29% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 52% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 203 |
| 2023/24 | 201 |
| 2024/25 | 192 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Kingsfleet Primary School compares
Kingsfleet Primary School ranked 163rd of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 52% | 5.5% | 18.8% | 185 | — |
| Colneis Junior School | — | — | — | 343 | 0.4 miles |
| Fairfield Infant School | — | — | — | 294 | 0.9 miles |
| Felix Primary School | 32% | 8.4% | 40% | 201 | 1.5 miles |
| Grange Community Primary School | 57% | 7.1% | 28.3% | 160 | 1.8 miles |
| Langer Primary Academy | 35% | 7.9% | 45.9% | 144 | 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 18.75%
- English as an additional language
- 5.7%
- Overall absence
- 5.47%
- Persistent absence
- 14.71%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Colneis Junior School0.4 miles
Primary · Felixstowe
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Fairfield Infant School0.9 miles
Primary · Felixstowe
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Felix Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Felixstowe
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Grange Community Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · Felixstowe
-
Langer Primary Academy2.0 miles
Primary · Felixstowe
Other schools in Felixstowe
Kingsfleet Primary School ranks 3rd 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
- Langer Primary Academy Primary
- Trimley St Martin Primary School Primary
- Trimley St Mary Primary School Primary
- Felixstowe School Secondary
- Felixstowe International College Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Kingsfleet Primary School teach?
- Kingsfleet Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Felixstowe.
- Who is the headteacher of Kingsfleet Primary School?
- The headteacher of Kingsfleet Primary School is Mrs Kyrsty Beattie, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Kingsfleet Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Kingsfleet 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 Kingsfleet Primary School?
- Kingsfleet Primary School has 185 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Kingsfleet Primary School full?
- Kingsfleet Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 185 on roll (88%), 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 Kingsfleet Primary School a faith school?
- No. Kingsfleet Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Kingsfleet Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Kingsfleet Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Kingsfleet Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 66% in 2022/23 and 52% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Kingsfleet Primary School compare with other schools in Suffolk?
- Kingsfleet Primary School ranked 163rd of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Kingsfleet Primary School's absence rate?
- Kingsfleet Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Kingsfleet Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Kingsfleet 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.