Beck Row Primary Academy

How places are decided at Beck Row Primary Academy

Beck Row Primary Academy: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Beck Row Primary Academy's overall effectiveness to be?

Ofsted judged Beck Row Primary Academy's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in December 2023, on Ofsted's own scale.

How many pupils attend Beck Row Primary Academy?

Beck Row Primary Academy has 243 pupils on roll.

What ages does Beck Row Primary Academy take?

Beck Row Primary Academy admits pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is Beck Row Primary Academy located?

Beck Row Primary Academy is located in Bury St Edmunds, IP28 8AE, Suffolk.

How do I apply to Beck Row Primary Academy?

Beck Row Primary Academy is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.

How close do you need to live to get into Beck Row Primary Academy?

Distance did not decide places at Beck Row Primary Academy for 2026-27 (Reception): every applicant who applied on time was offered a place, so there was no cut-off distance. This changes year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.

How are Reception places decided at Beck Row Primary Academy?

When Beck Row Primary Academy has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after children and previously looked after children — Looked after children and all previously looked after children, including those children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. Siblings — Children whose siblings live at the same address, currently attend the academy and who will still be attending the academy at the point of admission. Includes provisions for multiple births exceeding PAN as permitted by Infant class size rules; 3. Children of staff — Children of permanent teaching and support staff at the academy (full time and part time on permanent or consecutive annual fixed term contracts) who have been employed at the academy for 2 years or more at the time of application, or a member of staff recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage at the same academy. The staff member must spend more than 50% of their normal working week during term time at the academy, and 1 further criteria. The school offers 45 places at this entry point. Tie-break: If, following the application of the oversubscription criteria, two or more applicants are judged to have equal priority for the final place at an academy, random allocation will be used to determine who receives the place. Where random allocation is used, the names of the applicants will be entered into a hat and a name will be selected from the hat by someone independent of the academy. An exception is where the applicants judged to be of equal priority live at the same address, in which case the academy will admit them all.

What is the largest ethnic background at Beck Row Primary Academy?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 70.8% of pupils at Beck Row Primary Academy are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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