Ickworth Park Primary School
Meadow Drive, Horringer, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5SB
This school is closed (it closed in December 2024).
It was replaced by Ickworth Park Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kirsten Steele
- Constituency
- West Suffolk
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 193
- URN
- 124678
- Local authority
- Suffolk
About this school
Ickworth Park Primary School was a community primary school in Bury St Edmunds. It taught children aged 5 to 11 and had 193 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Ickworth Park 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 | 22 | 26 | 28 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 68% | 73% | 75% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 4% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 82% | 85% | 89% |
| Expected standard in maths | 86% | 88% | 89% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 77% | 77% | 71% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 107.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.90 | - | - |
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 Ickworth Park 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 | 68% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 73% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 75% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 197 |
| 2023/24 | 193 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ickworth Park Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 92% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 75% | 3.9% | 9.8% | 193 | — |
| Ickworth Park Primary School | — | 3.3% | 11.7% | 185 | 0.0 miles |
| Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery | 39% | 6.2% | 29.5% | 301 | 1.7 miles |
| Sexton's Manor Primary School | 27% | 5.4% | 23.9% | 165 | 2.0 miles |
| St Edmund's Catholic Primary School | 43% | 4.7% | 12.9% | 443 | 2.1 miles |
| Hardwick Primary School | 35% | 5.6% | 25.2% | 190 | 2.2 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)
- 9.8%
- English as an additional language
- 3.6%
- Overall absence
- 3.9%
- Persistent absence
- 4.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ickworth Park Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Bury St Edmunds
-
Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery1.7 miles
Primary · Bury St Edmunds
-
Sexton's Manor Primary School2.0 miles
Primary · Bury St Edmunds
-
St Edmund's Catholic Primary School2.1 miles
Primary · Bury St Edmunds
-
Hardwick Primary School2.2 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 ages does Ickworth Park Primary School teach?
- Ickworth Park Primary School taught children aged 5 to 11. It was a primary school in Bury St Edmunds.
- Has Ickworth Park Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Ickworth Park 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 many pupils are at Ickworth Park Primary School?
- Ickworth Park Primary School had 193 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- How have Ickworth Park Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 68% in 2022/23 and 75% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Ickworth Park Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ickworth Park 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 2024.