St Margaret's Primary Academy

State-Funded School

st-margarets-primary-academy-suffolk-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

SuffolkLocal Authority

LowestoftConstituency

NR32 4JFPostcode

4.0

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Margaret's Primary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, 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 364 pupils. St Margaret's Primary Academy is part of REAch2 Academy Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 21 Apr 2026 · published 7 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 65%
Higher standard: 4%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

86%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

364

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

46%

England average

27%

First language not English

12%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 364
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: REAch2 Academy Trust

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
23 Jan 2022	Outstanding	Good	Outstanding	Outstanding	Good
18 Jun 2018	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Requires improvement

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.