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Stoke-by-Nayland Church of England Primary School

School Street, Stoke by Nayland, Nr Colchester, Suffolk, CO6 4QY

State-funded
Primary
Ages 3–11
Mixed
Nursery classes

Overview

Stoke-by-Nayland Church of England Primary School is a state-funded school (academy sponsor led) in Nr Colchester, East of England, for pupils aged 3–11. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.

School details

Official establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Establishment group
Academies
Phase of education
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Gender of entry
Mixed
Boarding
No boarders
Sixth form
No
Religious character
Church of England
School capacity
90
Pupils on roll
48
URN
144553

Admissions

Local authority
Suffolk
Academy trust or group
ST EDMUNDSBURY AND IPSWICH DIOCESAN MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST

Contact the school or your local authority for catchment and application deadlines.

School places

DfE school capacity survey · May 2025 (2024/25)

Capacity at survey date
105
Pupils on roll
41
Unfilled places at survey date
64

A dated snapshot from the Department for Education school capacity survey, separate from the school details above. Unfilled places at the survey date do not mean places are currently available for admission. About this data

Official admissions data

Applications & demand

Preferences expressed by families through coordinated admissions, shown over time.

2026/27 admissions · Reception

First preferences
3

Times the school was named as a family's first preference.

Total preferences
21

All recorded preference positions for this school.

Offers made
4

Offers recorded through coordinated admissions, not physical capacity.

First preferences compared with offers

0.75 first preferences per offer

3 first preferences and 4 offers were recorded for 2026/27.

What does this mean?

This is the Department for Education's own published comparison of first preferences with total offers recorded. It indicates the level of requests made through coordinated admissions. Offers are not necessarily the school's maximum capacity, admissions arrangements vary between local authorities, the figure is not a measure of school quality, and it should not be used on its own to judge the likelihood of gaining a place.

First preferences over time

Latest five available admissions years. Missing years are not estimated.

Admissions history

Admissions yearFirst preferencesTotal preferencesOffers made
2026/273214
2025/265135
2024/252143
2023/24182
2022/233103

Source: Department for Education · Applications and offers data.

Official performance data

School performance

Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.

Primary

2024/25 results

  • Reading, writing & maths — meeting the expected standard

    School
    Suppressed by DfE to protect individual pupils
    England
    62%

    Pupils included: 3

  • Reading, writing & maths — achieving a higher standard

    School
    Suppressed by DfE to protect individual pupils
    England
    8%

    Pupils included: 3

Source: Department for Education · School performance data.

Official inspection data

Ofsted inspections

Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.

Ofsted inspection

Inspected 26 September 2023 · Published 8 November 2023

Original education inspection framework (September 2019 to August 2024)

Overall effectiveness

Good

This is a historical Ofsted judgement given under the previous inspection framework. It is not a School Nest rating.

Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding was effective
Yes

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Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.

School Nest shows the inspection information Ofsted currently publishes for this school. It is not a complete record of every inspection the school has ever had.

Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school

Location

Address
School Street, Stoke by Nayland, Nr Colchester, Suffolk, CO6 4QY
Local authority
Suffolk

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