Primary
Worlingham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Garden Lane, Worlingham, Beccles, NR34 7SB
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 324 of 323 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.2
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Religious character
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 14.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 29.7
- Pupils per adult
- 11.2
- Pupils
- 334
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 May 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Early yearsOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
October 2023
Ungraded inspection
Outstanding
Read the report (opens in a new tab)June 2018
Previous framework
Outstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
SATs results
59%
4 points above the Beccles average (55% across 9 schools)
106.0
1.3 above the Beccles average (104.7 across 9 schools)
2nd of 10 by our score, among the primary schools in Beccles we can score - 11 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 | 106 |
| Average reading score | 106 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 59% |
| Working at a higher standard | 8% |
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 | 64% |
| 23/24 | 72% |
| 24/25 | 59% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 106.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 106.0 |
Garden Lane, Worlingham, Beccles, NR34 7SB
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
- Holly Marchand
- Address
- Garden Lane, Worlingham, Beccles, NR34 7SB
- Telephone
- 01502712375