Primary
West Row Academy
Beeches Road, West Row, Bury St. Edmunds, IP28 8NY
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 208 of 270 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- SEN provision
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Trust
- UNITY SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 10.7
- All staff (FTE)
- 17.6
- Pupils per adult
- 10.6
- Pupils
- 186
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 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- Early yearsExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceStrong standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
May 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Early yearsRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
SATs results
67%
9 points above the Bury St Edmunds average (58% across 32 schools)
107.0
2.0 above the Bury St Edmunds average (105.0 across 32 schools)
23rd of 32 by our score, among the primary schools in Bury St Edmunds we can score - 36 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 | 104 |
| Average reading score | 107 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 67% |
| Working at a higher standard | 10% |
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 time2 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 63% |
| 24/25 | 67% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 107.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
Beeches Road, West Row, Bury St. Edmunds, IP28 8NY
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
- Elisabeth Close
- Address
- Beeches Road, West Row, Bury St. Edmunds, IP28 8NY
- Telephone
- 01638715680