Cedars Park Community Primary School
Pintail Road, Stowmarket, IP14 5FP
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- OXLIP LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
- Headteacher
- Miss Aisha Suhail
- Sponsor
- Oxlip Learning Partnership
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 389
- URN
- 143360
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01449778230
About this school
Cedars Park Community Primary School is a primary academy in Stowmarket. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 389 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 53 | 58 | 61 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 66% | 60% | 72% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 17% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 81% | 69% | 85% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 69% | 79% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 75% | 67% | 82% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.60 | - | - |
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 Cedars Park Community 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 | 66% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 72% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 368 |
| 2023/24 | 363 |
| 2024/25 | 386 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cedars Park Community Primary School compares
Cedars Park Community Primary School ranked 51st of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 71% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 72% | 3.7% | 14.8% | 389 | — |
| Freeman Community Primary School | 54% | 5.9% | 16% | 197 | 1.0 miles |
| Chilton Community Primary School | 68% | 5.3% | 43.4% | 133 | 1.0 miles |
| Combs Ford Primary School | 47% | 6.4% | 23.2% | 299 | 1.0 miles |
| Abbot's Hall Community Primary School | 63% | 4.3% | 16.3% | 366 | 1.0 miles |
| Trinity Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 80% | 3.6% | 23.7% | 177 | 1.2 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 14.77%
- English as an additional language
- 7.5%
- Overall absence
- 3.73%
- Persistent absence
- 6.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Freeman Community Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Stowmarket
-
Chilton Community Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Stowmarket
-
Combs Ford Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Stowmarket
-
Abbot's Hall Community Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Stowmarket
-
Trinity Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Stowmarket
Other schools in Stowmarket
Cedars Park Community Primary School ranks 3rd of the 15 ranked primary schools in Stowmarket.
- Abbot's Hall Community Primary School Primary
- Bacton Primary School Primary
- Chilton Community Primary School Primary
- Combs Ford Primary School Primary
- Crawford's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Freeman Community Primary School Primary
- Grace Cook Primary School Primary
- Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Helmingham Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Mendlesham Primary School Primary
- Old Newton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Ringshall School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Cedars Park Community Primary School teach?
- Cedars Park Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Stowmarket.
- Who is the headteacher of Cedars Park Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Cedars Park Community Primary School is Miss Aisha Suhail, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Cedars Park Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cedars Park Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Cedars Park Community Primary School?
- Cedars Park Community Primary School has 389 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Cedars Park Community Primary School full?
- Cedars Park Community Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 389 on roll (93%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Cedars Park Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Cedars Park Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Cedars Park Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Cedars Park Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Cedars Park Community Primary School?
- Cedars Park Community Primary School is part of OXLIP LEARNING PARTNERSHIP. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Cedars Park Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 66% in 2022/23 and 72% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cedars Park Community Primary School rank locally?
- Cedars Park Community Primary School ranked 51st of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 71% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cedars Park Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Cedars Park Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cedars Park Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cedars Park Community 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 2 July 2026.