Academy converter · Suffolk

The Oaks Primary School

3–11Ages
449Pupils
PrimaryPhase
141842URN

Aster Road, Ipswich, IP2 0NR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded OutstandingSep 2018

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Oct 2024

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.8per place

0.9 above Suffolk median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Suffolk

160 applications for 58 places · 10th of 165 in Suffolk

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

67%met the expected standard

Suffolk 60% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded OutstandingSep 2018

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Oct 2024

Inspection history

23 October 2024
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
19 September 2018
Graded inspection: Outstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry

2.8applications per place, Reception

0.9 above Suffolk median (1.8) 0.6 above England median (2.2)

160 applications · 58 places offered · 88 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

2026 2.8; Suffolk median median 1.8
2025 2.2; Suffolk median median 1.8
2024 2.4; Suffolk median median 1.8
2023 2.4; Suffolk median median 1.8
2022 2.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
2021 2.8; Suffolk median median 1.9
2020 2.9; Suffolk median median 1.7
2019 2.2; Suffolk median median 1.8
2018 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.8
2017 2.1; Suffolk median median 1.8
2016 2.6; Suffolk median median 1.9
2015 2.1; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
2014 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Suffolk median in 10 of 11 years.

This school
Suffolk median

Dashed bars: as The Oaks Community Primary School (URN 134733), 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	58	160	2.8	88	1.52
Sep 2025	59	129	2.2	65	1.10
Sep 2024	59	143	2.4	82	1.39
Sep 2023	60	143	2.4	78	1.30
Sep 2022	59	148	2.5	75	1.27
Sep 2021	60	169	2.8	93	1.55
Sep 2020	58	168	2.9	97	1.67
Sep 2019	60	134	2.2	75	1.25
Sep 2018	59	92	1.6	60	1.02
Sep 2017	50	106	2.1	48	0.96
Sep 2016	54	139	2.6	84	1.56
Sep 2015 *	53	113	2.1	54	1.02
Sep 2014 *	52	105	2.0	53	1.02

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 72% · Writing 79% · Maths 82% → all three 67% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard67%73rd of 223 in Suffolk

Suffolk 60% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard72%

Suffolk 76% England 78%

Higher standard28%

Suffolk 32% England 33%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard79%

Suffolk 73% England 75%

Greater depth11%

Suffolk 11% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard82%

Suffolk 73% England 77%

Higher standard16%

Suffolk 21% England 24%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Suffolk median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	67%	8%	104	104
2023/24	65%	10%	105	104
2022/23	64%	15%	106	106

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

The Oaks Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Standards maintained2024

2.8applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
St Mark's Catholic Primary School
0.7 km · Suffolk

Good2023

2.0applications per place
Sprites Primary Academy
0.9 km · Suffolk

Good2022

1.8applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
The Willows Primary School
1.0 km · Suffolk

Requires improvement2024

1.8applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
Ranelagh Primary School
1.1 km · Suffolk

Good2022

1.6applications per place 23%met the SATs standard
Gusford Community Primary School
1.2 km · Suffolk

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.6applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
One Sixth Form College
1.2 km · Suffolk

Not yet inspected
Halifax Primary School
1.6 km · Suffolk

Standards maintained2025

1.6applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
Handford Hall Primary School
1.8 km · Suffolk

Good2023

2.2applications per place 62%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 141842 · 935/3344
Trust: Asset Education
Capacity: 434 pupils · 449 on roll
Free school meals: 33.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 March 2015
Replaced: The Oaks Community Primary School (URN 134733)
Address: Aster Road, Ipswich, IP2 0NR
Local authority: Suffolk · Ipswich

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources