Felix Primary School, Felixstowe

Ofsted's report card from its 16 June 2026 inspection grades Felix Primary School on 7 areas: 5 expected standard and 2 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Most pupils attend school regularly and punctually."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders prioritise the early years."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Staff know pupils well."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "The school benefits from a close-working relationship with the trust."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have carefully designed the school's personal development programme."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Over time, some pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, have not achieved as well as they should."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Leaders have an accurate understanding of the quality of the curriculum and teaching."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that teachers and staff consistently and systematically check pupils' understanding and use this to address pupils' misconceptions quickly, support pupils' learning of important knowledge and inform future teaching"; "Leaders should ensure that teaching is consistently effective, particularly in writing and mathematics, so that pupils learn and achieve well across the curriculum".

From the headteacher's welcome: "It is a privilege to welcome you to Felix Primary School. From the moment you walk through our doors, you will feel the warmth of our community and the pride we take in our school. At Felix, our values of Pride, Achievement, Resilience and Kindness guide everything we do."

The school runs a breakfast club from 8:00am and after-school care.

In 2025, 41% of Year 6 pupils at Felix Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 51% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 72% in Suffolk and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 53% in reading and 57% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 10 families put Felix Primary School as their first choice and 18 named it as one of their preferences, for 10 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Felix Primary School are Grange Community Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 65% reading, 74% maths); Fairfield Infant School (0.8 miles); Trimley St Mary Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 59% reading, 54% maths); and Colneis Junior School (1.1 miles).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Felix Primary School.

Felix Primary School is one of 23 schools run by Sapientia Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

39.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 11.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (71%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2026, 21 pupils (10.4%) received SEN support and 57 (28.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

Felix Primary School has a resourced provision and a SEN unit (48 places, 45 pupils on roll) for autism and moderate learning difficulties.

Felix Primary School had 17 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Entrance1, about 1150 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Community Hub (adjacent), 170 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 67 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and other theft. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Suffolk (32), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Felix Primary School issued 103 suspensions, 42.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.