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Priory School

URN
137433
Phase
Not applicable
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Priory School
URN
137433
Phase
Not applicable
Gender
Mixed
Age range
5-19
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

31 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

10

Inspection

33

Admissions Value

—

Destinations

42

Stability & Context

90

School Compass rankings

School rankings are not currently available.

School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

Not enough information is available to generate a recommendation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Competition not available
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Average
  • National comparison: Similar to national average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
9 September 2024
Inspection date
11 June 2024
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next

    Graded 9 September 2024

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

Admissions information is not currently available for this school.

Where to apply

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Local authority
Suffolk
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Suffolk)
School website
https://easterneducationgroup.ac.uk/send/priory-school/

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Suffolk to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

0.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

0.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

0.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

0.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

IP32 7BH - Mount Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Contact details

Address
Mount Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Postcode
IP32 7BH
Phone
1284761934
Website
https://easterneducationgroup.ac.uk/send/priory-school/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Suffolk
Local authority code
935

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 746 schools in Suffolk.

Authority statistics

Total schools

746

Open schools

367

Closed schools

379

Primary schools

475

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    9 September 202411 June 2024-School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 NextView report for inspection published 9 September 2024
    • School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next

      Published
      9 September 2024
      Inspected
      11 June 2024
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Key stage 4 (secondary)

    Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

    Attainment 8

    Attainment 8

    0.1

    Progress 8

    Progress 8

    Not published

    English and maths grade 5 or above

    English & maths 5+

    0.0%

    English and maths grade 4 or above

    English & maths 4+

    0.0%

    EBacc entry

    EBacc entry

    0.0%

    EBacc achievement

    EBacc achievement

    0.0%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    89.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    0.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    0.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    7.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    83

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary475 (63.8%)
    • Secondary83 (11.2%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other186 (25.0%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Priory School0 mNot applicableClosed
    St James CofE VA Middle School566 mMiddle deemed secondaryClosed
    Moreton Hall School710 mNot applicableClosed
    Learning Support, Western Area Education Office912 mNot applicableOpen
    Sebert Wood Community Primary School967 mPrimaryOpen
    Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School1.1 kmPrimaryOpen
    St Edmund's Catholic Primary School1.3 kmPrimaryOpen
    St Louis Catholic Middle School1.4 kmMiddle deemed secondaryClosed
    King Edward VI CEVC School1.6 kmSecondaryOpen
    First Base Bury St Edmunds1.7 kmNot applicableOpen
    • Priory School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed
    • St James CofE VA Middle School
      Distance
      566 m
      Phase
      Middle deemed secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Moreton Hall School
      Distance
      710 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed
    • Learning Support, Western Area Education Office
      Distance
      912 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open

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    Distance
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    Phase
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  • Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • St Edmund's Catholic Primary School
    Distance
    1.3 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • St Louis Catholic Middle School
    Distance
    1.4 km
    Phase
    Middle deemed secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • King Edward VI CEVC School
    Distance
    1.6 km
    Phase
    Secondary
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  • First Base Bury St Edmunds
    Distance
    1.7 km
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    Not applicable
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  • Phase
    Not applicable
    Postcode
    IP3 0EW
    Status
    Open