Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy
Primary schoolHouldsworth Valley Primary Academy is a primary school in West Suffolk, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 332 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Improved significantly, January 2025
Before that: Good (overall), November 2019
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 6 November 2019
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Improved significantly, 22 January 2025
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, 65% of pupils at Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 59% in Suffolk and 62% in England.
11% 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 | 65% | 59% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 11% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 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- Newmarket AcademySecondary. Good (overall), July 2023. Attainment 8 of 43.6 (2025/26, provisional)630 m
- Paddocks Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), May 2024. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)850 m
- St Louis Catholic AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)940 m
- Fairstead HouseIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file980 m
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, NewmarketPrimary. Good (overall), October 2022. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- Ditton Lodge Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 96% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in West 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).