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Poplars Community Primary School

URN 145541 · SuffolkOpen

Inspection history (5)

14 Jul 2026
Report card · published 17 Sept 2026
Safeguarding met
AchievementExpected
Attendance and behaviourStrong
Curriculum and teachingExpected
Early yearsStrong
InclusionStrong
Leadership and governanceStrong
Personal development and wellbeingStrong
Benjamin Axon (lead), Carolyn Ellis-Gage, Tim Leah
22 Nov 2023
School inspection (EIF) · published 5 Feb 2024
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Early yearsGood
Leadership and managementGood
Personal developmentGood
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Jonny Wallace (lead), Helen McCarney, Stephen Cloke
29 Jun 2022
School inspection (EIF) · published 21 Sept 2022
Isabel Davis
12 Jul 2017
Short school inspection · Short inspection
Good
Kim Pigram
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Details

URN: 145541
Type: Academy converter
Local authority: Suffolk
Region: East of England
Address: St Margaret's Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4HN
Reports on record: 5
Earliest report: 12 Jul 2017
Phase: Primary
Gender: Mixed
Opened: 01-03-2018
Region: East of England
Status: Open
Website: www.poplarsprimary.org.uk
Boarding: No boarders
Capacity: 598
Age Range: 3 - 11
Age range: 3 to 11
Telephone: 01502565757
Sixth form: Does not have a sixth form
Headteacher: Mr Ashley Cunningham
Pupils on roll: 260
Pupils' gender: Mixed
School capacity: 598
Number of pupils: 260
Nursery provision: Has Nursery Classes
Religious character: Does Not Apply
Free school meals (%): 47.30

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