Melton Primary School, Woodbridge

Ofsted's report card from its 6 January 2026 inspection grades Melton Primary School on 7 areas: 3 expected standard and 4 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders are rightly proud of the school's approach to ensure pupils are valued and included in all aspects of school life."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Since the previous inspection, the school leadership has changed in both structure and ways of working."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school provides a well-devised and appropriate curriculum to develop pupils' personal development and wellbeing."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Published outcomes show that pupils do not achieve as well as their peers nationally in reading, writing and mathematics by the end of Year 6."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Pupils' attendance has been below what is typical nationally over time."

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

Early years - Needs attention. "Leaders recognise that opportunities for children to practise early writing are not yet consistently strong and that planned independent activities for them are not always sufficiently purposeful."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders should continue to strengthen the use of assessment to help pupils achieve well in all areas of the curriculum. • Leaders should make improvements to the teaching of key skills, such as early writing, so that pupils practise and consolidate learning, including in the early years. • Leaders should ensure that teachers identify and remedy pupils' misconceptions promptly to help them to know and remember more over time. • Leaders should continue to improve pupils' attendance so that more pupils attend regularly and benefit fully from the school's educational offer. • Leaders should continue to strengthen the school's oversight of behaviour so that patterns are identified and acted on with greater precision".

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils at Melton Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 68% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 72% in Suffolk and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 58% in reading and 58% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 14 families put Melton Primary School as their first choice and 33 named it as one of their preferences, for 14 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 Melton Primary School are Woodbridge Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 84% reading, 76% maths); St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Woodbridge (1.2 miles, Good, 82% reading, 82% maths); Kyson Primary School (1.7 miles); and Eyke Church of England Primary School (2.3 miles, Good, 89% reading, 89% maths).

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

39 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Melton Primary School (as of April 2026): 82% would recommend the school, 90% say their child is happy there and 50% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (90%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (50%).

35% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 5.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (87%) and Mixed (7%).

The nearest railway station is Entrance, about 540 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Coach And Horses (opposite), 140 metres away.

In 2024/25, Melton Primary School issued 21 suspensions, 12.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.