Cavendish Church of England Primary School
The Green, Cavendish, Sudbury, CO10 8BA
This school is closed (it closed in March 2025).
It was replaced by Cavendish Church of England Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sam Goulding
- Diocese
- Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
- Constituency
- West Suffolk
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 60
- URN
- 124693
- Local authority
- Suffolk
About this school
Cavendish Church of England Primary School was a Church of England voluntary controlled primary school in Sudbury. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 60 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Cavendish Church of England Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 13 | 12 | 10 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 23% | 42% | 20% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 92% | 83% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 85% | 75% | 30% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 85% | 75% | 60% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 105.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 103.0 | 97.0 |
| Reading progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -10.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.70 | - | - |
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 Cavendish Church of England 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 | 23% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 42% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 20% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 83 |
| 2023/24 | 74 |
| 2024/25 | 60 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cavendish Church of England Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 5% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 20% | 5.5% | 10% | 60 | — |
| Cavendish Church of England Primary School | — | 4.7% | — | 52 | 0.1 miles |
| Glemsford Primary Academy | 86% | 5% | 21.8% | 243 | 1.7 miles |
| Clare Community Primary School | 50% | 5.8% | 17.4% | 199 | 2.4 miles |
| Belchamp St Paul Church of England Primary School | — | 4.9% | 6.1% | 46 | 2.7 miles |
| Long Melford Church of England Primary School | 60% | 5.2% | 21.4% | 207 | 3.8 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)
- 10%
- English as an additional language
- 3.3%
- Overall absence
- 5.52%
- Persistent absence
- 17.54%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Cavendish Church of England Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Sudbury
-
Glemsford Primary Academy1.7 miles
Primary · Sudbury
-
Clare Community Primary School2.4 miles
Primary · Sudbury
-
Belchamp St Paul Church of England Primary School2.7 miles
Primary · Sudbury
-
Long Melford Church of England Primary School3.8 miles
Primary · Sudbury
Other schools in Sudbury
- Acton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Belchamp St Paul Church of England Primary School Primary
- Boxford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Cavendish Church of England Primary School Primary
- Clare Community Primary School Primary
- Glemsford Primary Academy Primary
- Great Waldingfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Hundon Community Primary School Primary
- Lavenham Community Primary School Primary
- Long Melford Church of England Primary School Primary
- Pot Kiln Primary School Primary
- St Andrew's Bulmer Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Cavendish Church of England Primary School teach?
- Cavendish Church of England Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Sudbury.
- Has Cavendish Church of England Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Cavendish Church of England 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 Cavendish Church of England Primary School?
- Cavendish Church of England Primary School had 60 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Cavendish Church of England Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 23% in 2022/23 and 20% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Cavendish Church of England Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cavendish Church of England 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 8 July 2025.