Freeman Community Primary School
Church Road, Stowupland, Stowmarket, IP14 4BQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE CHILDREN'S ENDEAVOUR TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Gerry
- Sponsor
- The Children's Endeavour Trust
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 197
- URN
- 147931
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01449612067
About this school
Freeman Community Primary School is a primary academy in Stowmarket. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 197 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 | 29 | 28 | 28 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 61% | 54% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 4% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 66% | 79% | 86% |
| Expected standard in maths | 72% | 68% | 68% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 72% | 68% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 101.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.70 | - | - |
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 Freeman 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 | 55% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 61% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 54% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 208 |
| 2023/24 | 203 |
| 2024/25 | 201 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Freeman Community Primary School compares
Freeman Community Primary School ranked 155th of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 28% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 54% | 5.9% | 16% | 197 | — |
| Cedars Park Community Primary School | 72% | 3.7% | 14.8% | 389 | 1.0 miles |
| Old Newton Church of England Primary School | 67% | 4.1% | 15.7% | 70 | 1.6 miles |
| Chilton Community Primary School | 68% | 5.3% | 43.4% | 133 | 1.9 miles |
| Combs Ford Primary School | 47% | 6.4% | 23.2% | 299 | 1.9 miles |
| Abbot's Hall Community Primary School | 63% | 4.3% | 16.3% | 366 | 2.0 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)
- 16%
- English as an additional language
- 1.5%
- Overall absence
- 5.94%
- Persistent absence
- 16.76%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Cedars Park Community Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Stowmarket
-
Old Newton Church of England Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Stowmarket
-
Chilton Community Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · Stowmarket
-
Combs Ford Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · Stowmarket
-
Abbot's Hall Community Primary School2.0 miles
Primary · Stowmarket
Other schools in Stowmarket
Freeman Community Primary School ranks 9th 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
- Grace Cook Primary School Primary
- Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Helmingham Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Mendlesham Primary School Primary
- Old Newton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Ringshall School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Freeman Community Primary School teach?
- Freeman Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Stowmarket.
- Who is the headteacher of Freeman Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Freeman Community Primary School is Mrs Emma Gerry, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Freeman Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Freeman 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 Freeman Community Primary School?
- Freeman Community Primary School has 197 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Freeman Community Primary School full?
- Freeman Community Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 197 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 Freeman Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Freeman Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Freeman Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Freeman Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Freeman Community Primary School?
- Freeman Community Primary School is part of THE CHILDREN'S ENDEAVOUR TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Freeman Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 55% in 2022/23 and 54% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Freeman Community Primary School rank locally?
- Freeman Community Primary School ranked 155th of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 28% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Freeman Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Freeman Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Freeman Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Freeman 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.