St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Sudbury

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils at St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 70% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 72% in Suffolk and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 48% in reading and 29% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 17 families put St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School as their first choice and 56 named it as one of their preferences, for 19 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 St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School are St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles); St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 77% reading, 77% maths); Tudor Church of England Primary School, Sudbury (0.7 miles, Good, 67% reading, 72% maths); and Pot Kiln Primary School (1 mile, Good, 59% reading, 57% maths).

St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

5.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 12 pupils (5.3%) received SEN support and 24 (10.6%) 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 a moderate learning difficulty.

St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School has a SEN unit for moderate learning difficulties: 20 places, 20 pupils on roll.

St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School had 17 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Entrance, about 780 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Mill Lane (adjacent), 120 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 107 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Suffolk (32), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School issued 2 suspensions, 0.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School are Ormiston Sudbury Academy (0.8 miles) and Thomas Gainsborough School (1.5 miles).