Helmingham Primary School and Nursery

State-Funded School

helmingham-primary-school-and-nursery-suffolk-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

SuffolkLocal Authority

Central Suffolk and North IpswichConstituency

IP14 6EXPostcode

0.6

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Helmingham Primary School and Nursery is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Suffolk, East of England.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 30 pupils. Helmingham Primary School and Nursery is part of CONSORTIUM TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 21 Apr 2026 · published 28 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Needs attention

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

90%

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

13%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 30
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)
MAT name: CONSORTIUM TRUST

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
27 Jul 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
12 Feb 2018	Requires improvement	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Inadequate

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.