Sebert Wood Community Primary School, Bury St Edmunds

From the headteacher's welcome: "We pride ourselves on being a happy and vibrant learning community with high expectations, a safe nurturing atmosphere and an exciting, challenging curriculum. Above all, a school that children really want to come to. We provide a broad, balanced and stimulating curriculum within the context and understanding of our shared values."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care until 6:00pm.

In 2025, 85% of Year 6 pupils at Sebert Wood Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 87% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 72% in Suffolk and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 76% in reading and 71% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 32 families put Sebert Wood Community Primary School as their first choice and 77 named it as one of their preferences, for 33 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Sebert Wood Community Primary School are Abbots Green Primary Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 82% reading, 93% maths); Hardwick Primary School (1 mile, 59% reading, 50% maths); Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School (1 mile, Good, 84% reading, 73% maths); and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School (1.1 miles).

Sebert Wood Community Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

11.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 11.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (67%) and Mixed (7%).

In 2026, 29 pupils (7.8%) received SEN support and 16 (4.3%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

Sebert Wood Community Primary School had 25 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Entrance, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Community Centre (opposite), 160 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Sebert Wood Community Primary School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 75 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting 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, Sebert Wood Community Primary School issued 17 suspensions, 4.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Sebert Wood Community Primary School are Learning Support, Western Area Education Office (0.7 miles); Sybil Andrews Academy (0.8 miles); King Edward VI CEVC School (1.6 miles); and Bury St Edmunds County High School (1.8 miles).