Felix Primary School
Maidstone Road, Felixstowe, IP11 9ED
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SAPIENTIA EDUCATION TRUST
- Executive Headteacher
- Mr Leon Hall
- Sponsor
- Sapientia Education Trust
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 363
- Pupils on roll
- 201
- URN
- 147261
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01394283374
About this school
Felix Primary School is a primary academy in Felixstowe. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 201 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
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 51 | 41 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 36% | 37% | 32% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 0% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 57% | 53% | 41% |
| Expected standard in maths | 47% | 57% | 51% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 57% | 61% | 44% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 101.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.10 | - | - |
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 Felix 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 | 36% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 37% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 32% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 306 |
| 2023/24 | 269 |
| 2024/25 | 240 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Felix Primary School compares
Felix Primary School ranked 216th of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 14% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 32% | 8.4% | 40% | 201 | — |
| Grange Community Primary School | 57% | 7.1% | 28.3% | 160 | 0.6 miles |
| Fairfield Infant School | — | — | — | 294 | 0.8 miles |
| Trimley St Mary Primary School | 44% | 5.6% | 22.6% | 389 | 0.8 miles |
| Colneis Junior School | — | — | — | 343 | 1.1 miles |
| Langer Primary Academy | 35% | 7.9% | 45.9% | 144 | 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)
- 40%
- English as an additional language
- 10%
- Overall absence
- 8.42%
- Persistent absence
- 21.82%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Grange Community Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Felixstowe
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Fairfield Infant School0.8 miles
Primary · Felixstowe
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Trimley St Mary Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Felixstowe
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Colneis Junior School1.1 miles
Primary · Felixstowe
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Langer Primary Academy1.2 miles
Primary · Felixstowe
Other schools in Felixstowe
Felix Primary School ranks 6th of the 6 ranked primary schools in Felixstowe.
- Colneis Junior School Primary
- Fairfield Infant School Primary
- Grange Community Primary School Primary
- Kingsfleet Primary School Primary
- Langer Primary Academy Primary
- Trimley St Martin Primary School Primary
- Trimley St Mary Primary School Primary
- Felixstowe School Secondary
- Felixstowe International College Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Felix Primary School teach?
- Felix Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Felixstowe.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Felix Primary School?
- The executive headteacher of Felix Primary School is Mr Leon Hall, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Felix Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Felix 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 Felix Primary School?
- Felix Primary School has 201 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Felix Primary School full?
- Felix Primary School has capacity for 363 pupils and 201 on roll (55%), 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 Felix Primary School a faith school?
- No. Felix Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Felix Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Felix Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Felix Primary School?
- Felix Primary School is part of SAPIENTIA EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Felix Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Felix Primary School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Felix Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 36% in 2022/23 and 32% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Felix Primary School rank locally?
- Felix Primary School ranked 216th of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 14% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Felix Primary School's absence rate?
- Felix Primary School's overall absence rate is 8.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Felix Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Felix 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.