Academy sponsor led · Suffolk

Piper's Vale Primary - A Paradigm Academy

3–11Ages
361Pupils
PrimaryPhase
145118URN

Raeburn Road, Ipswich, IP3 0EW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2022 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.8per place

close to Suffolk median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Suffolk

70 applications for 39 places · 76th of 165 in Suffolk

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

44%met the expected standard

Suffolk 60% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 15 February 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

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

1.8applications per place, Reception

close to Suffolk median (1.8) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

70 applications · 39 places offered · 39 named it first

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

2026 1.8; Suffolk median median 1.8
2025 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.8
2024 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.8
2023 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.8
2022 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.8
2021 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.9
2020 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.7
2019 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.8
2018 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.8
2017 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.8; as the previous school
2016 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
2015 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
2014 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Suffolk median in 1 of 9 years.

This school
Suffolk median

Dashed bars: as Piper's Vale Community Primary School (URN 132836), 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	39	70	1.8	39	1.00
Sep 2025	27	47	1.7	27	1.00
Sep 2024	27	43	1.6	27	1.00
Sep 2023	38	63	1.7	37	0.97
Sep 2022	28	57	2.0	26	0.93
Sep 2021	31	52	1.7	30	0.97
Sep 2020	39	61	1.6	38	0.97
Sep 2019	35	49	1.4	30	0.86
Sep 2018	24	37	1.5	24	1.00
Sep 2017 *	52	70	1.4	52	1.00
Sep 2016 *	55	73	1.3	52	0.95
Sep 2015 *	39	63	1.6	36	0.92
Sep 2014 *	50	70	1.4	45	0.90

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 56% · Writing 83% · Maths 51% → all three 44% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard44%189th of 223 in Suffolk

Suffolk 60% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard56%

Suffolk 76% England 78%

Higher standard20%

Suffolk 32% England 33%

Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard83%

Suffolk 73% England 75%

Greater depth20%

Suffolk 11% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard51%

Suffolk 73% England 77%

Higher standard5%

Suffolk 21% England 24%

Average scaled score 98 (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	44%	2%	102	98
2023/24	48%	2%	102	99
2022/23	47%	2%	104	100

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

Piper's Vale Primary - A Paradigm AcademyThis school
This school

Good2022

1.8applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
Morland Church of England Primary School
0.6 km · Suffolk

Good2022

1.5applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
Murrayfield Primary - A Paradigm Academy
1.0 km · Suffolk

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.5applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
Cliff Lane Primary School
1.1 km · Suffolk

Good2024

1.6applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
Ravenswood Community Primary School
1.4 km · Suffolk

Not yet inspected

1.5applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Rose Hill Primary
1.7 km · Suffolk

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.2applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
Hillside Primary School
2.2 km · Suffolk

2026

1.1applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
Clifford Community Primary School & Nursery
2.3 km · Suffolk

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.4applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Britannia Primary School and Nursery
2.3 km · Suffolk

Good2023

2.1applications per place 63%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: 145118 · 935/2211
Trust: Paradigm Trust
Capacity: 472 pupils · 361 on roll
Free school meals: 51.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: SEN unit
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 September 2017
Replaced: Piper's Vale Community Primary School (URN 132836)
Address: Raeburn Road, Ipswich, IP3 0EW
Local authority: Suffolk · Ipswich

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