Abbot's Hall Community Primary School
Danescourt Avenue, Stowmarket, IP14 1QF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE CHILDREN'S ENDEAVOUR TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Daniel Pettitt
- Sponsor
- The Children's Endeavour Trust
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 366
- URN
- 147933
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01449612818
About this school
Abbot's Hall Community Primary School is a primary academy in Stowmarket. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 366 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's most recent visit was a short inspection on 20 November 2024, where inspectors found that standards have been maintained. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 59 | 58 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 64% | 69% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 14% | 7% | 14% |
| Expected standard in reading | 76% | 81% | 81% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 78% | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 83% | 74% | 81% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.30 | - | - |
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 Abbot's Hall 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 | 64% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 396 |
| 2023/24 | 373 |
| 2024/25 | 361 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Abbot's Hall Community Primary School compares
Abbot's Hall Community Primary School ranked 98th of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 63% | 4.3% | 16.3% | 366 | — |
| Chilton Community Primary School | 68% | 5.3% | 43.4% | 133 | 0.5 miles |
| Combs Ford Primary School | 47% | 6.4% | 23.2% | 299 | 0.7 miles |
| Wood Ley Community Primary School | 49% | 4.9% | 16.5% | 307 | 0.8 miles |
| Trinity Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 80% | 3.6% | 23.7% | 177 | 0.9 miles |
| Cedars Park Community Primary School | 72% | 3.7% | 14.8% | 389 | 1.0 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)
- 16.34%
- English as an additional language
- 7.2%
- Overall absence
- 4.34%
- Persistent absence
- 8.33%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Chilton Community Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Stowmarket
-
Combs Ford Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Stowmarket
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Wood Ley Community Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Stowmarket
-
Trinity Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Stowmarket
-
Cedars Park Community Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Stowmarket
Other schools in Stowmarket
Abbot's Hall Community Primary School ranks 6th of the 15 ranked primary schools in Stowmarket.
- 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
- Freeman Community 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 Abbot's Hall Community Primary School teach?
- Abbot's Hall Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Stowmarket.
- Who is the headteacher of Abbot's Hall Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Abbot's Hall Community Primary School is Mr Daniel Pettitt, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Abbot's Hall Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Abbot's Hall 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 Abbot's Hall Community Primary School?
- Abbot's Hall Community Primary School has 366 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Abbot's Hall Community Primary School full?
- Abbot's Hall Community Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 366 on roll (87%), 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 Abbot's Hall Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Abbot's Hall Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Abbot's Hall Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Abbot's Hall Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Abbot's Hall Community Primary School?
- Abbot's Hall 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 Abbot's Hall Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 64% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Abbot's Hall Community Primary School rank locally?
- Abbot's Hall Community Primary School ranked 98th of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Abbot's Hall Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Abbot's Hall Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Abbot's Hall Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Abbot's Hall 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.