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Howard Community Academy

URN: 146280

Address: Beard Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 6SA
ANGLIAN LEARNING

Rating and reports

Inspection outcome

Ofsted made the following key judgements following school inspection on 1 July 2025:

Quality of education:

Good

Behaviour and attitudes:

Good

Personal development:

Outstanding

Leadership and management:

Good

Early years provision:

Good

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

All reports

  1. School inspection School inspection, PDF - 09 September 2025
    PDF – Published

  2. School inspection: Requires ImprovementSchool inspection, PDF - 21 March 2023
    PDF – Published
  3. Opened

Next inspection

From September 2024, graded inspections will not include an overall effectiveness grade. Schools inspected from then will not have the same way of working out when to expect their next inspection. We will set out the expected dates for when we will next inspect them from September 2025. These schools should not expect to receive an ungraded or graded inspection before then. Some could receive an urgent or monitoring inspection, which can be deemed a graded inspection. 

About Howard Community Academy

  • Type: Academy
  • Boarding: No
  • Religious character: Does Not Apply
  • Local authority: Suffolk

Pupils

  • Age Range: 3 - 11
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Number of pupils: 196
  • School capacity: 315

Location

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  • Address: Beard Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 6SA
  • Region: East of England

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Part of ANGLIAN LEARNING

At the same postcode

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