Combs Ford Primary School
Primary schoolCombs Ford Primary School is a primary school in Mid Suffolk, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 299 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 11 February 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 47% of pupils at Combs Ford Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 59% in Suffolk and 62% in England.
3% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Suffolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 47% | 59% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Trinity Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, December 2024. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)350 m
- Abbot's Hall Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Cedars Park Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2023. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.6 km
- Chilton Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.8 km
- Pushforward Secondary SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.9 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Mid Suffolk
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).