Primary
Melton Primary School
Melton Road, Melton, Woodbridge, IP12 1PG
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 163 of 210 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Nursery
- Yes
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 15.0
- Pupils per adult
- 11.0
- Pupils
- 166
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- Early yearsNeeds attention
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
September 2021
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
SATs results
58%
5 points below the Woodbridge average (63% across 16 schools)
105.0
1.2 below the Woodbridge average (106.2 across 16 schools)
17th of 17 by our score, among the primary schools in Woodbridge we can score - 22 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 101 |
| Average reading score | 105 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 58% |
| Working at a higher standard | 5% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 48% |
| 23/24 | 38% |
| 24/25 | 58% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 103.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 101.0 |
| 23/24 | 103.0 |
| 24/25 | 101.0 |
Melton Road, Melton, Woodbridge, IP12 1PG
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Suffolk admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Caroline Richardson / Emma Mann
- Address
- Melton Road, Melton, Woodbridge, IP12 1PG
- Telephone
- 01394382506