Bungay Primary School
Wingfield Street, Bungay, NR35 1HA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ASSET EDUCATION
- Headteacher
- Miss Katherine Milk
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Asset Education
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 270
- Pupils on roll
- 237
- URN
- 144443
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01986892209
About this school
Bungay Primary School is a primary academy in Bungay. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 237 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Bungay Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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 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
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong 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 | 31 | 23 | 25 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 32% | 48% | 36% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 4% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 48% | 70% | 56% |
| Expected standard in maths | 45% | 61% | 36% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 58% | 57% | 52% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 103.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 97.0 | 100.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.80 | - | - |
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 Bungay 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 | 32% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 48% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 36% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 174 |
| 2023/24 | 186 |
| 2024/25 | 214 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bungay Primary School compares
Bungay Primary School ranked 207th of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 9% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 29% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 36% | 6.7% | 39.2% | 237 | — |
| St Edmund's Catholic Primary School | 23% | 5.9% | 38.2% | 60 | 0.2 miles |
| Earsham Church of England Primary Academy | 73% | 3.5% | 16.5% | 65 | 0.9 miles |
| Ditchingham Church of England Primary Academy | 45% | 4% | 15.9% | 65 | 1.3 miles |
| Ellingham VC Primary School | 30% | 5.7% | 25.8% | 88 | 2.4 miles |
| Woodton Primary School | 50% | 4.4% | 27.3% | 44 | 4.2 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report6 January 2026
- 18 May 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 39.15%
- English as an additional language
- 8.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.67%
- Persistent absence
- 17.18%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Edmund's Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Bungay
-
Earsham Church of England Primary Academy0.9 miles
Primary · Nr Bungay
-
Ditchingham Church of England Primary Academy1.3 miles
Primary · Bungay
-
Ellingham VC Primary School2.4 miles
Primary · Bungay
-
Woodton Primary School4.2 miles
Primary · Bungay
Other schools in Bungay
Bungay Primary School ranks 3rd of the 5 ranked primary schools in Bungay.
- Ditchingham Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Ellingham VC Primary School Primary
- St Edmund's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Woodton Primary School Primary
- Bungay High School Secondary
- Castle EAST School Free Schools
- Turnstone House School Special schools
Common questions
- What ages does Bungay Primary School teach?
- Bungay Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Bungay.
- Who is the headteacher of Bungay Primary School?
- The headteacher of Bungay Primary School is Miss Katherine Milk, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Bungay Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bungay 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 many pupils are at Bungay Primary School?
- Bungay Primary School has 237 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Bungay Primary School full?
- Bungay Primary School has capacity for 270 pupils and 237 on roll (88%), 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 Bungay Primary School a faith school?
- No. Bungay Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Bungay Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Bungay Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Is Bungay Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Bungay 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.
- What SEN provision does Bungay Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Bungay Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Bungay Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 32% in 2022/23 and 36% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bungay Primary School compare with other schools in Suffolk?
- Bungay Primary School ranked 207th of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 9% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 29% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bungay Primary School's absence rate?
- Bungay Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bungay Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bungay 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.