Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Suffolk
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 20 January 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 22 September 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry108 applications · 71 places offered · 69 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2025 1.6; 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 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.9
- 2020 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.7
- 2019 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2018 2.3; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2017 2.2; Suffolk median median 1.8
- 2016 2.1; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 2.5; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 2.5; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Suffolk median
Dashed bars: as Springfield Infant School and Nursery (URN 124658), 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 | 71 | 108 | 1.5 | 69 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 72 | 112 | 1.6 | 68 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2024 | 89 | 140 | 1.6 | 90 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2023 | 86 | 142 | 1.7 | 82 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2022 | 90 | 155 | 1.7 | 95 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2021 | 89 | 150 | 1.7 | 83 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2020 | 90 | 176 | 2.0 | 105 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2019 | 90 | 178 | 2.0 | 105 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2018 | 87 | 201 | 2.3 | 127 | 1.46 |
| Sep 2017 | 83 | 182 | 2.2 | 103 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2016 * | 87 | 180 | 2.1 | 85 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 * | 87 | 217 | 2.5 | 125 | 1.44 |
| Sep 2014 * | 87 | 213 | 2.5 | 107 | 1.23 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Springfield Infant School and NurseryThis schoolThis school20261.5applications per place
- 0.2 km · SuffolkGraded · no overall grade202549%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · SuffolkGood20232.2applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · SuffolkStandards maintained20241.9applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · SuffolkGood20221.6applications per place 23%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · SuffolkGood20231.8applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · SuffolkGood20231.6applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · SuffolkRemains Good20192.1applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · SuffolkRemains Good20231.6applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 144213 · 935/2172
- Capacity
- 270 pupils · 287 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2017
- Replaced
- Springfield Infant School and Nursery (URN 124658)
- Address
- 11 Wesley Way, Ipswich, IP1 4PP
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources