Mendlesham Primary School
Old Station Road, Mendlesham, Stowmarket, IP14 5RT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- OXLIP LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
- Head of School
- Mrs Tessa Sait
- Sponsor
- Oxlip Learning Partnership
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 100
- URN
- 143361
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01449766224
About this school
Mendlesham Primary School is a primary academy in Stowmarket. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 100 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. 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 | 16 | 19 | 17 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 47% | 53% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 5% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 75% | 53% | 71% |
| Expected standard in maths | 69% | 47% | 65% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 50% | 58% | 53% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 108.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 103.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.20 | - | - |
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 Mendlesham 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 | 47% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 53% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 115 |
| 2023/24 | 118 |
| 2024/25 | 106 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Mendlesham Primary School compares
Mendlesham Primary School ranked 161st of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 26% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 53% | 5.3% | 21.7% | 100 | — |
| Wetheringsett Church of England Primary School | — | 3.3% | 15.8% | 40 | 1.6 miles |
| Bacton Primary School | 47% | 4.5% | 36.3% | 111 | 3.2 miles |
| Old Newton Church of England Primary School | 67% | 4.1% | 15.7% | 70 | 3.3 miles |
| Thorndon Church of England Primary School | 82% | 3.9% | 28.9% | 58 | 3.5 miles |
| Freeman Community Primary School | 54% | 5.9% | 16% | 197 | 3.9 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)
- 21.7%
- English as an additional language
- 1.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.3%
- Persistent absence
- 12.62%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wetheringsett Church of England Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Stowmarket
-
Bacton Primary School3.2 miles
Primary · Stowmarket
-
Old Newton Church of England Primary School3.3 miles
Primary · Stowmarket
-
Thorndon Church of England Primary School3.5 miles
Primary · Eye
-
Freeman Community Primary School3.9 miles
Primary · Stowmarket
Other schools in Stowmarket
Mendlesham Primary School ranks 10th of the 15 ranked primary schools in Stowmarket.
- Abbot's Hall Community Primary School Primary
- Bacton Primary School Primary
- Cedars Park Community 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
- Old Newton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Ringshall School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Mendlesham Primary School teach?
- Mendlesham Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Stowmarket.
- Who is the head of school of Mendlesham Primary School?
- The head of school of Mendlesham Primary School is Mrs Tessa Sait, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Mendlesham Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mendlesham 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 Mendlesham Primary School?
- Mendlesham Primary School has 100 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Mendlesham Primary School full?
- Mendlesham Primary School has capacity for 105 pupils and 100 on roll (95%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Mendlesham Primary School a faith school?
- No. Mendlesham Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Mendlesham Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Mendlesham Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Mendlesham Primary School?
- Mendlesham 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.
- What SEN provision does Mendlesham Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Mendlesham Primary School's special educational needs provision as: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Mendlesham 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 53% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Mendlesham Primary School rank locally?
- Mendlesham Primary School ranked 161st of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 26% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Mendlesham Primary School's absence rate?
- Mendlesham Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Mendlesham Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mendlesham 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.