Horringer Court Middle School
Glastonbury Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 2EX
This school is closed (it closed in August 2023).
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 9 to 13
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Steven Palmer
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 300
- Pupils on roll
- 205
- URN
- 137179
- Local authority
- Suffolk
About this school
Horringer Court Middle School was a middle academy in Bury St Edmunds. It taught children aged 9 to 13 and had 205 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Horringer Court Middle School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in August 2011, 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 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 71 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 68% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 79% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 79% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.40 |
| Writing progress | +3.20 |
| Maths progress | +1.40 |
How Horringer Court Middle School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 22% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.9% | 16.1% | 205 | — |
| Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery | 39% | 6.2% | 29.5% | 301 | 0.7 miles |
| Sexton's Manor Primary School | 27% | 5.4% | 23.9% | 165 | 1.0 miles |
| Abbeygate Sixth Form College | — | — | 0% | 1,163 | 1.0 miles |
| West Suffolk College | — | — | — | — | 1.1 miles |
| Ickworth Park Primary School | — | 3.3% | 11.7% | 185 | 1.1 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)
- 16.1%
- English as an additional language
- 3.9%
- Overall absence
- 7.9%
- Persistent absence
- 25.7%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery0.7 miles
Primary · Bury St Edmunds
-
Sexton's Manor Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Bury St Edmunds
-
Abbeygate Sixth Form College1.0 miles
16 plus · Bury St Edmunds
-
West Suffolk College1.1 miles
16 plus · Bury St Edmunds
-
Ickworth Park Primary School1.1 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 year groups does Horringer Court Middle School teach?
- Horringer Court Middle School taught children aged 9 to 13. It was a middle school in Bury St Edmunds.
- Has Horringer Court Middle School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Horringer Court Middle 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 big is Horringer Court Middle School?
- Horringer Court Middle School had 205 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 9 to 13.
- What are Horringer Court Middle School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Horringer Court Middle 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 13 September 2023.