Peasenhall is fortunate in having its own primary school. Originally the school took children from five years old until they finished their education. Later it became part of a two tier system, with children leaving at eleven years old. Since the mid nineteen seventies it became part of the Leiston pyramid of schools; a three tier system, with Peasenhall Primary School taking children from ‘rising five’ until they are nine.

The school has extensive grounds with a plantation of mature trees, a well developed wildlife area, school garden and a sports field. This helps to provide the children with invaluable opportunities to learn and look after the environment as well as plenty of room for play and sports.

In 2005 Peasenhall and Middleton formed Suffolk’s first school federation. The two schools pool and share resources including a head teacher, while still retaining their individual characters and Governing Bodies. Children from both schools regularly share lessons and special events, giving the children in a small school such as Peasenhall the best of both worlds; the individual attention that comes with small class sizes and the benefits of regularly mixing with a larger peer group. The close collaboration between the two schools also brings the benefits of a much wider range of readily available teaching expertise and the financial benefits of shared costs in some areas.

Peasenhall is a good school……furthermore the school has some features that have already reached an exemplary level. This track record of considerable improvement means that the capacity for further development is outstanding.

Pupils’ personal development and well-being are outstanding, because of an outstanding curriculum that includes excellent personal, social and health education.

Ofsted 2009 inspection.

Peasenhall Primary
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