Best Primary Schools in Bury St Edmunds

We checked all 37 primary schools in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and list every one: 32 ranked, then 5 without a rank.

Schools checked
37
Ranked
32
Without a rank
5

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Bury St Edmunds. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Bury St Edmunds also has 6 secondary schools, ranked on GCSE results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Suffolk. Suffolk also has rankings for Ipswich, Lowestoft, Woodbridge, Stowmarket, Sudbury and all of Suffolk.

Ranked primary schools in Bury St Edmunds

  1. Rank 1

    All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Lawshall

    Local authority maintained, 175 pupils, inspected January 2024

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    80%
    Higher standard
    20%
  2. Rank 2

    Norton CEVC Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 203 pupils, inspected December 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Expected standard
    83%
    Higher standard
    10%
  3. Rank 3

    Abbots Green Primary Academy

    Academy, 608 pupils, inspected June 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    82%
    Higher standard
    21%
  4. Rank 4

    Great Whelnetham Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 74 pupils, inspected October 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    71%
    Higher standard
    24%
  5. Rank 5

    Walsham-le-Willows Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 117 pupils, inspected March 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    56%
    Higher standard
    22%
  6. Rank 6

    Elmswell Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 383 pupils, inspected June 2016

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    76%
    Higher standard
    5%
  7. Rank 7

    Barrow Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 199 pupils, inspected September 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Expected standard
    67%
    Higher standard
    10%
  8. Rank 8

    West Row Academy

    Academy, 208 pupils, inspected May 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    67%
    Higher standard
    10%
  9. Rank 9

    Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 328 pupils, inspected January 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    69%
    Higher standard
    8%
  10. Rank 10

    Sebert Wood Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 374 pupils, inspected November 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    68%
    Higher standard
    8%
  11. Rank 11

    Rougham Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 196 pupils, inspected May 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    64%
    Higher standard
    11%
  12. Rank 12

    Risby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 203 pupils, inspected November 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    54%
    Higher standard
    8%
  13. Rank 13

    Tollgate Primary School

    Academy, 437 pupils, inspected October 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    68%
    Higher standard
    9%
  14. Rank 14

    St Christopher's CEVCP School

    Academy, 389 pupils, inspected November 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    77%
    Higher standard
    0%
  15. Rank 15

    Beck Row Primary Academy

    Academy, 243 pupils, inspected December 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    71%
    Higher standard
    4%
  16. Rank 16

    Rattlesden Church of England Primary Academy

    Academy, 135 pupils, inspected October 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    75%
    Higher standard
    0%
  17. Rank 17

    Great Barton Church of England Primary Academy

    Academy, 188 pupils, inspected November 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    67%
    Higher standard
    3%
  18. Rank 18

    The Pines Primary School

    Free school, 240 pupils, inspected December 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    61%
    Higher standard
    7%
  19. Rank 19

    Thurston Church of England Primary Academy

    Academy, 349 pupils, inspected November 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    59%
    Higher standard
    5%
  20. Rank 20

    Cockfield Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 70 pupils, inspected February 2020

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    73%
    Higher standard
    0%
  21. Rank 21

    Barningham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 70 pupils, inspected January 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    50%
    Higher standard
    6%
  22. Rank 22

    Ixworth Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 163 pupils, inspected May 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    40%
    Higher standard
    0%
  23. Rank 23

    Great Heath Academy

    Academy, 438 pupils, inspected January 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    55%
    Higher standard
    4%
  24. Rank 24

    Woolpit Primary Academy

    Academy, 123 pupils, inspected July 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    29%
    Higher standard
    6%
  25. Rank 25

    Hartest Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 42 pupils, inspected March 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    57%
    Higher standard
    0%
  26. Rank 26

    Howard Community Academy

    Academy, 210 pupils, inspected July 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Expected standard
    36%
    Higher standard
    0%
  27. Rank 27

    Hardwick Primary School

    Academy, 190 pupils, inspected June 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    35%
    Higher standard
    3%
  28. Rank 28

    Bardwell Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 54 pupils, inspected July 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    43%
    Higher standard
    0%
  29. Rank 29

    Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery

    Local authority maintained, 301 pupils, inspected January 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    39%
    Higher standard
    0%
  30. Rank 30

    Sexton's Manor Primary School

    Academy, 165 pupils, inspected May 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    27%
    Higher standard
    0%
  31. Rank 31

    St Edmundsbury CofE Primary Academy

    Academy, 168 pupils, inspected March 2024

    Ofsted: Requires improvement
    Expected standard
    25%
    Higher standard
    0%
  32. Rank 32

    St Mary's Church of England Academy

    Academy, 414 pupils, inspected May 2024

    Ofsted: Requires improvement
    Expected standard
    31%
    Higher standard
    0%

Primary schools in Bury St Edmunds without a rank