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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 4 December 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 15 January 2019Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry136 applications · 77 places offered · 68 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2025 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2024 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2023 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2022 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2021 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.9
- 2020 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.7
- 2019 1.8; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2018 1.8; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2017 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2016 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.9
- 2015 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.9
- 2014 2.1; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Suffolk median
Dashed bars: as Castle Hill Infant School (URN 124663), the previous school.
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 77 | 136 | 1.8 | 68 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2025 | 84 | 129 | 1.5 | 72 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2024 | 63 | 100 | 1.6 | 63 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 71 | 121 | 1.7 | 66 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 | 66 | 110 | 1.7 | 58 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2021 | 52 | 102 | 2.0 | 51 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2020 | 78 | 126 | 1.6 | 65 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2019 | 53 | 95 | 1.8 | 48 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2018 | 56 | 101 | 1.8 | 50 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2017 | 72 | 119 | 1.7 | 61 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2016 | 90 | 145 | 1.6 | 81 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2015 | 76 | 125 | 1.6 | 68 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2014 * | 57 | 121 | 2.1 | 56 | 0.98 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Castle Hill Infant SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20241.8applications per place
- 0.0 km · SuffolkGood202457%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · SuffolkRemains Good20192.1applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · SuffolkGood20231.8applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · SuffolkRemains Good20231.6applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · SuffolkStandards maintained20241.9applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · SuffolkGraded · no overall grade202549%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Suffolk20261.5applications per place
- 2.2 km · SuffolkGood20232.2applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 141372 · 935/2048
- Trust
- Asset Education
- Capacity
- 270 pupils · 251 on roll
- Free school meals
- 22.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 December 2014
- Replaced
- Castle Hill Infant School (URN 124663)
- Address
- Dryden Road, Ipswich, IP1 6QD
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