Primary
Howard Community Academy
Beard Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP32 6SA
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 210 of 315 places
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- ANGLIAN LEARNING
Ofsted
Last inspected July 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
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)SATs results
36%
103.0
26th of 33 by our score, among the primary schools in Bury St Edmunds we can score - 37 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 | 99 |
| Average reading score | 103 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 36% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
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 | 24% |
| 23/24 | 24% |
| 24/25 | 36% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 97.0 |
| 23/24 | 100.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 95.0 |
| 23/24 | 98.0 |
| 24/25 | 99.0 |
Beard Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP32 6SA
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
- Alison Weir
- Address
- Beard Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP32 6SA
- Telephone
- 01284766278