Primary
Pakefield Primary School
London Road, Pakefield, Lowestoft, NR33 7AQ
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 274 of 420 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.1
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- THE ACTIVE LEARNING TRUST LIMITED
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 13.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 24.0
- Pupils per adult
- 13.8
- Pupils
- 332
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 February 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- Early yearsExpected standard
- InclusionNeeds attention
- Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
September 2021
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
November 2017
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
SATs results
63%
4 points below the Lowestoft average (67% across 18 schools)
105.0
0.3 below the Lowestoft average (105.3 across 18 schools)
18th of 19 by our score, among the primary schools in Lowestoft we can score - 20 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 | 103 |
| Average reading score | 105 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 63% |
| Working at a higher standard | 7% |
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 | 61% |
| 23/24 | 59% |
| 24/25 | 63% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 103.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
London Road, Pakefield, Lowestoft, NR33 7AQ
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
- Ryan Stevens
- Address
- London Road, Pakefield, Lowestoft, NR33 7AQ
- Telephone
- 01502574032