Ilketshall St Lawrence School
Hogg Lane, Ilketshall St Lawrence, Beccles, NR34 8ND
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ASSET EDUCATION
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Orves
- Sponsor
- Asset Education
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 99
- URN
- 144445
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01986781315
About this school
Ilketshall St Lawrence School is a primary academy in Beccles. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 99 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 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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong 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 | 17 | 13 | 16 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 41% | 77% | 56% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 15% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 53% | 92% | 56% |
| Expected standard in maths | 65% | 85% | 69% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 53% | 69% | 50% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 108.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 106.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.90 | - | - |
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 Ilketshall St Lawrence 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 | 41% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 77% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 56% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 99 |
| 2024/25 | 101 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ilketshall St Lawrence School compares
Ilketshall St Lawrence School ranked 147th of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 56% | 4.2% | 17.8% | 99 | — |
| Ringsfield Church of England Primary School | 50% | 6.2% | 10.6% | 118 | 2.9 miles |
| Edgar Sewter Community Primary School | 41% | 5.5% | 34.6% | 266 | 3.2 miles |
| Brampton Church of England Primary School | 60% | 6% | 28.1% | 82 | 3.5 miles |
| Holton St Peter Community Primary School | 50% | 5.6% | 19.2% | 141 | 3.5 miles |
| Bungay Primary School | 36% | 6.7% | 39.2% | 237 | 4.8 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 17.82%
- English as an additional language
- 1%
- Overall absence
- 4.17%
- Persistent absence
- 4.55%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ringsfield Church of England Primary School2.9 miles
Primary · Beccles
-
Edgar Sewter Community Primary School3.2 miles
Primary · Halesworth
-
Brampton Church of England Primary School3.5 miles
Primary · Beccles
-
Holton St Peter Community Primary School3.5 miles
Primary · Halesworth
-
Bungay Primary School4.8 miles
Primary · Bungay
Other schools in Beccles
Ilketshall St Lawrence School ranks 5th of the 9 ranked primary schools in Beccles.
- Barnby and North Cove Community Primary School Primary
- Beccles Primary Academy Primary
- Brampton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Gillingham St Michael's Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Glebeland Community Primary School Primary
- Ravensmere Infant School Primary
- Ringsfield Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Benet's Catholic Primary School Primary
- The Albert Pye Community Primary School Primary
- Worlingham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Beccles High School Secondary
- Sir John Leman High School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Ilketshall St Lawrence School teach?
- Ilketshall St Lawrence School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Beccles.
- Who is the headteacher of Ilketshall St Lawrence School?
- The headteacher of Ilketshall St Lawrence School is Mrs Sarah Orves, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Ilketshall St Lawrence School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ilketshall St Lawrence 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 Ilketshall St Lawrence School?
- Ilketshall St Lawrence School has 99 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Ilketshall St Lawrence School full?
- Ilketshall St Lawrence School has capacity for 105 pupils and 99 on roll (94%), 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 Ilketshall St Lawrence School a faith school?
- No. Ilketshall St Lawrence School has no designated religious character.
- Does Ilketshall St Lawrence School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Ilketshall St Lawrence School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Ilketshall St Lawrence School?
- Ilketshall St Lawrence 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 Ilketshall St Lawrence School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 41% in 2022/23 and 56% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Ilketshall St Lawrence School rank locally?
- Ilketshall St Lawrence School ranked 147th of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Ilketshall St Lawrence School's absence rate?
- Ilketshall St Lawrence School's overall absence rate is 4.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Ilketshall St Lawrence School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ilketshall St Lawrence 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.