Wilby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Wilby, Eye, IP21 5LR
This school is closed (it closed in November 2023).
It was replaced by Wilby Church of England Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Headteacher
- Mrs Roisin Wiseman
- Diocese
- Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
- Capacity
- 84
- Pupils on roll
- 100
- URN
- 124747
- Local authority
- Suffolk
About this school
Wilby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School was a Church of England voluntary controlled primary school in Eye. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 100 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Wilby 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 8 | 7 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 71% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% | 14% |
| Expected standard in reading | 75% | 86% |
| Expected standard in maths | 88% | 100% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 100% | 86% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.30 | - |
| Writing progress | +3.00 | - |
| Maths progress | +3.20 | - |
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 Wilby 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 | 63% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Wilby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 94% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 3.9% | 14.9% | 100 | — |
| Wilby Church of England Primary School | 79% | 3.8% | 12.9% | 99 | 0.0 miles |
| Stradbroke Church of England Primary School | 60% | 5.1% | 12.4% | 112 | 1.6 miles |
| Worlingworth Church of England primary school | — | — | — | 58 | 2.5 miles |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School, Laxfield | 65% | 3.8% | 16.8% | 97 | 3.0 miles |
| Fressingfield Church of England Primary School | 36% | 5.8% | 15.4% | 91 | 3.4 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 14.9%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 3.9%
- Persistent absence
- 5.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wilby Church of England Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Eye
-
Stradbroke Church of England Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Eye
-
Worlingworth Church of England primary school2.5 miles
Primary · Woodbridge
-
All Saints Church of England Primary School, Laxfield3.0 miles
Primary · Woodbridge
-
Fressingfield Church of England Primary School3.4 miles
Primary · Eye
Other schools in Eye
- Fressingfield Church of England Primary School Primary
- Gislingham Church of England Primary School Primary
- Mellis Church of England Primary School Primary
- Occold Primary School Primary
- St Edmund's Primary School Primary
- St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary School, Eye Primary
- Stradbroke Church of England Primary School Primary
- Thorndon Church of England Primary School Primary
- Wilby Church of England Primary School Primary
- Hartismere School Secondary
- Stradbroke High School Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Wilby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School teach?
- Wilby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Eye.
- Has Wilby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Wilby 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 Wilby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School?
- Wilby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School had 100 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Wilby 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 63% in 2022/23 and 71% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Wilby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wilby 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 30 November 2023.