Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy, Saxmundham
Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Saxmundham, part of Consortium Trust. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in September 2019. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in May 2024 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 6th-highest of the 6 schools in Saxmundham with published results, and 14,382nd of 14,452 across England. It was 84% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Below England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2019)
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- Below England average
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Suffolk (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 27 Oct 2026
Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy in detail
Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy in its own words
From the headteacher's welcome: "We hope the information available here will be useful to existing families, and to those who are looking to bring their children to Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary School and Nursery. Welcome to Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary School. It is a pleasure to introduce you to our village school in rural Suffolk, close to the East Coast."
Coming up: an admissions event on Wednesday 9 December 2026 at 9am. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.
All school open days in Suffolk
Headteacher's welcome (school website)Open days on the school's site (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 40% of Year 6 pupils at Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 30% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 72% in Suffolk and 77% and 75% across England.
Results fell from 80% in reading and 33% in maths in 2024.
With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.
Getting a place at Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy
For September 2026 entry, 6 families put Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy as their first choice and 13 named it as one of their preferences, for 7 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy are Middleton Community Primary School (2.3 miles, Good, 71% reading, 43% maths); Kelsale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (2.9 miles, Good, 81% reading, 85% maths); Bramfield Church of England Primary School (3 miles, Good, 92% reading, 83% maths); and Saxmundham Primary School (3.4 miles, Good, 70% reading, 77% maths).
Each of them had higher 2025 results than Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy.
Middleton Community Primary SchoolKelsale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolBramfield Church of England Primary SchoolSaxmundham Primary School
The trust
Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy is one of 14 schools run by Consortium Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 48% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
Who goes there
0% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
In 2026, 9 pupils (10.2%) received SEN support and 6 (6.8%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.
Staffing
Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy had 7 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Entrance1, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Oakwood Park (adjacent), 60 metres away.
The area around the school
In August 2026, police recorded 3 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, other theft and violence and sexual offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Suffolk (32).
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy issued 8 suspensions, 8.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from September 2019, 7 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Latest (ungraded) inspection: The school remains Good.
Ofsted's report, in its own words
What is it like to attend this school?
Yoxford and Peasenhall Primary Academy is a calm and nurturing place in which to learn. Pupils are happy in school. They know that learning is important. Pupils develop a curiosity about the world around them. They delight in the well-planned enrichment provision. Pupils have regular opportunities to cook, explore, hike and craft.
Pupils are benefiting from the heightened expectations the school has recently put in place across the curriculum, including in phonics. Pupils appreciate the help and support they get to succeed with tricky tasks. In some curriculum subjects, pupils need further support to connect their prior learning to new topics to fully deepen their understanding.
What does the school do well and what does it need to do better?
The school has created a curriculum that enables pupils to build knowledge incrementally over time, from early years upwards. Teachers ensure that pupils revisit more complex concepts. Pupils have sufficient practice to secure their current learning. However, in some subjects, teachers do not always check that pupils have a solid enough understanding of their prior learning. Therefore, when moving on to new content, some pupils find it hard to make connections with what they have learned before. This means that some gaps in learning remain or that pupils do not extend their understanding in the depth or detail that leaders intend.
From Ofsted's May 2024 ungraded inspection report: the opening paragraphs of each section, quoted word for word. Read the full report Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ofsted Insights
Ofsted rated this school Good at its September 2019 inspection.
Rated Good for
Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management, Early years.
At a Glance
33.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 80% to 40% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 30% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 47% to 40% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
21.8
Avg class size
23.0
Infant (KS1)
25.5
KS2
4
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy
Term dates
Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Suffolk's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy is in Suffolk; for families living there:
Apply to Suffolk for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
2 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Suffolk is 4 (the median across 365 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Your chances of a place at Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
84%
Available places
88 pupils
105 places
17 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Saxmundham
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Saxmundham
Across Suffolk council
Places available
8,806
Applications
6,492
Got 1st preference
94.9%
Got preferred school
99.1%
All primary applications across Suffolk council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Every first choice offered
Inspection History(2)
Ungraded inspection: The school remains Good.
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
9
SEN Support
6
EHC Plans
17.0%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
88
Total Pupils
48
Boys
40
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
7
Teachers
12.6:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£51,430
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£7,037
Per pupil
£683k
Total funding
£39k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
8.3%
Overall absence
26.0%
Persistent absence
77
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Questions parents ask about Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy
What are SATs results like at Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy?
Of the pupils at Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 40% reached the expected standard in reading and 30% did so in maths.
What is Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?
Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy's most recent Ofsted inspection, in May 2024, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in September 2019, it was rated Good.
What is the catchment area for Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy?
No fixed boundary. When Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy is oversubscribed, Suffolk allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy?
Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy was not full in 2025: it ran at 84% of its 105 places.
How big are the classes at Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy?
Classes at Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy average 21.8 pupils (2025/26). 1 class has more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.
How many pupils go to Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy?
Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy has around 88 pupils on roll. 33% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy?
8.3% of sessions were missed at Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy in 2024/25. 26% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy?
Apply through Suffolk's coordinated admissions process, naming Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
How many road collisions happen near Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 2 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Suffolk is 4 (the median across 365 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy?
Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy is at High Street, Yoxford, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 3EU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)