Primary · IP22 · Diss

Hopton Church of England Primary Academy

Thelnetham Road, Hopton, Diss, IP22 2QY

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ELVEDEN SCHOOLS TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedNo overall grade

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedNo overall grade
Attendance (2024/25)92.8%
Attainment (2024/25)33% met expected standard (KS2)
Roll vs capacityBelow published capacity
Pupils46

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

No overall grade

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Latest visit (Feb 2025): no overall grade. Quality of education, behaviour and attitudes and early years require improvement; personal development and leadership and management good. See the full Ofsted report.

Report published 19 Mar 2025.

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in IP22. Where we have them, council (Suffolk) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
46
Free school meals
37%
16.9% above district average (20.1%)

Also: Suffolk 22.1% · England 24.7%

SEN
14.3%
8.8% below district average (23.1%)

Also: Suffolk 18% · England 18.2%

EAL
0%
10% below district average (10%)
Attendance
92.8% Autumn and spring 2024/25
1.6% below district average (94.4%)

Also: Suffolk 94.9% · England 94.8%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the IP22 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Key Stage 2 is 2024/25: expected standard combined, greater depth, then reading, writing and maths. England is the state-funded average. Lower persistent absence is better.

Persistent absence2024/25

19.6%

6.3% above England (13.3%)

KS2 expected standard2024/25

33%

29% below England (62%)

Admissions

Applications and offers (September 2026 entry)

For September 2026 entry, 4 families put this school first. All of them were offered a place here.

Named as first preference
4
First-preference offers
4
First preferences offered a place
Not published
Total offers
4
Named on any preference
7

This is historic demand from one admissions round. It is not a guarantee of a place, and it does not show a catchment area. Admission rules and priorities differ by school.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Below published capacity
Published capacity (GIAS)
105
Pupils on roll
46

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Suffolk page.

SEN support

SEN %
14.3%

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near Hopton Church of England Primary Academy

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

All schools in IP22 · Schools in Suffolk

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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