Holton St Peter Community Primary School
Bungay Road, Holton, Halesworth, IP19 8PL
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ASSET EDUCATION
- Head Teacher
- Mrs Charlotte Hammond
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Asset Education
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 116
- Pupils on roll
- 141
- URN
- 144442
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01986872297
About this school
Holton St Peter Community Primary School is a primary academy in Halesworth. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 141 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
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
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 | 12 | 16 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 58% | 50% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 81% | 83% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 56% | 67% | 69% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 69% | 50% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 103.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | +4.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.50 | - | - |
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 Holton St Peter 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 | 50% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 58% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 50% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 110 |
| 2023/24 | 115 |
| 2024/25 | 130 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Holton St Peter Community Primary School compares
Holton St Peter Community Primary School ranked 173rd of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50% | 5.6% | 19.2% | 141 | — |
| Edgar Sewter Community Primary School | 41% | 5.5% | 34.6% | 266 | 1.0 miles |
| Wenhaston Primary School | 64% | 4.2% | 16.7% | 93 | 2.1 miles |
| Bramfield Church of England Primary School | 75% | 3.6% | 25.3% | 103 | 2.4 miles |
| Ilketshall St Lawrence School | 56% | 4.2% | 17.8% | 99 | 3.5 miles |
| Brampton Church of England Primary School | 60% | 6% | 28.1% | 82 | 3.6 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report27 January 2026
- 5 October 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 19.23%
- English as an additional language
- 0.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.64%
- Persistent absence
- 12.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Edgar Sewter Community Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Halesworth
-
Wenhaston Primary School2.1 miles
Primary · Halesworth
-
Bramfield Church of England Primary School2.4 miles
Primary · Halesworth
-
Ilketshall St Lawrence School3.5 miles
Primary · Beccles
-
Brampton Church of England Primary School3.6 miles
Primary · Beccles
Other schools in Halesworth
- Bramfield Church of England Primary School Primary
- Edgar Sewter Community Primary School Primary
- Wenhaston Primary School Primary
- Bramfield House School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Holton St Peter Community Primary School teach?
- Holton St Peter Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Halesworth.
- Who is the head teacher of Holton St Peter Community Primary School?
- The head teacher of Holton St Peter Community Primary School is Mrs Charlotte Hammond, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Holton St Peter Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Holton St Peter 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 Holton St Peter Community Primary School?
- Holton St Peter Community Primary School has 141 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Holton St Peter Community Primary School full?
- Holton St Peter Community Primary School has capacity for 116 pupils and 141 on roll (122%), so it is at or above 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 Holton St Peter Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Holton St Peter Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Holton St Peter Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Holton St Peter Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Holton St Peter Community Primary School?
- Holton St Peter Community Primary School is part of ASSET EDUCATION. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Holton St Peter Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 50% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Holton St Peter Community Primary School rank locally?
- Holton St Peter Community Primary School ranked 173rd of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Holton St Peter Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Holton St Peter Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Holton St Peter Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Holton St Peter 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 10 July 2026.