Honington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Malting Row, Honington, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 1RE
This school is closed (it closed in October 2025).
It was replaced by Honington Church of England Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Headteacher
- Co Headteacher Charlotte Romp
- Diocese
- Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 140
- URN
- 124702
- Local authority
- Suffolk
About this school
Honington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School was a Church of England voluntary controlled primary school in Bury St Edmunds. It taught children aged 5 to 11 and had 140 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Honington Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 | 24 | 24 | 19 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 21% | 50% | 21% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 4% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 50% | 79% | 53% |
| Expected standard in maths | 25% | 63% | 47% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 42% | 75% | 32% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 104.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 95.0 | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -7.10 | - | - |
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 Honington Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 | 21% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 21% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 170 |
| 2023/24 | 164 |
| 2024/25 | 140 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Honington Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 76% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 21% | 4.3% | 22.1% | 140 | — |
| Honington Church of England Primary School | — | — | — | 145 | 0.0 miles |
| Bardwell Church of England Primary School | 43% | 3.4% | 18.6% | 54 | 1.8 miles |
| Ixworth Church of England Primary School | 40% | 8.1% | 26.1% | 163 | 2.9 miles |
| Stanton Primary School | — | — | — | 218 | 3.6 miles |
| Barningham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 50% | 3.5% | 14.9% | 70 | 3.7 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 22.14%
- English as an additional language
- 0.7%
- Overall absence
- 4.3%
- Persistent absence
- 6.98%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Honington Church of England Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Bury St Edmunds
-
Bardwell Church of England Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · Bury St Edmunds
-
Ixworth Church of England Primary School2.9 miles
Primary · Bury St. Edmunds
-
Stanton Primary School3.6 miles
Primary · Bury St. Edmunds
-
Barningham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School3.7 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 Honington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School teach?
- Honington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School taught children aged 5 to 11. It was a primary school in Bury St Edmunds.
- Has Honington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Honington Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 Honington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School?
- Honington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School had 140 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- How have Honington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 21% in 2022/23 and 21% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Honington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Honington Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 October 2025.