St Edmund's Catholic Primary School
Westgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1QG
443 pupils · 105% of 420 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Free school meals
- 11.3%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 9 November 2022, published 12 January 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 43% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 3% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.96 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 53 | 51 | 92 | 53 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 57 | 57 | 100 | 57 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 53 | 51 | 83 | 52 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 46 | 45 | 77 | 46 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 56 | 49 | 96 | 56 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 44 | 43 | 72 | 44 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 49 | 49 | 75 | 49 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 57 | 56 | 92 | 57 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School 0.3 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery 0.7 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Hardwick Primary School 1 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- St Edmundsbury CofE Primary Academy 1.3 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
- Sebert Wood Community Primary School 1.8 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Sexton's Manor Primary School 2.2 km · No Ofsted rating
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.