Academy converter · Suffolk

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ipswich

4–11Ages
210Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Roman CatholicReligious character
145382URN

Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, IP4 4EU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework

Outstanding

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

3.1per place

1.3 above Suffolk median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Suffolk

90 applications for 29 places · 4th of 165 in Suffolk

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

75%met the expected standard

Suffolk 60% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 5 March 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education	Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management	Outstanding
Early years provision	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

3.1applications per place, Reception

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

90 applications · 29 places offered · 39 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 3.1; Suffolk median median 1.8
2025 3.7; Suffolk median median 1.8
2024 2.6; Suffolk median median 1.8
2023 2.8; Suffolk median median 1.8
2022 3.0; Suffolk median median 1.8
2021 2.7; Suffolk median median 1.9
2020 2.7; Suffolk median median 1.7
2019 3.2; Suffolk median median 1.8
2018 3.1; Suffolk median median 1.8
2017 3.3; Suffolk median median 1.8; as the previous school
2016 3.7; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
2015 3.4; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school
2014 3.7; Suffolk median median 1.9; as the previous school

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

This school
Suffolk median

Dashed bars: as St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ipswich (URN 124784), 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	29	90	3.1	39	1.34
Sep 2025	30	111	3.7	57	1.90
Sep 2024	30	79	2.6	39	1.30
Sep 2023	30	85	2.8	43	1.43
Sep 2022	30	89	3.0	46	1.53
Sep 2021	30	80	2.7	33	1.10
Sep 2020	30	82	2.7	38	1.27
Sep 2019	30	96	3.2	37	1.23
Sep 2018	30	92	3.1	41	1.37
Sep 2017 *	30	99	3.3	45	1.50
Sep 2016 *	30	111	3.7	55	1.83
Sep 2015 *	30	103	3.4	35	1.17
Sep 2014 *	29	106	3.7	44	1.52

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 84% · Writing 78% · Maths 91% → all three 75% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard75%29th of 223 in Suffolk

Suffolk 60% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard84%

Suffolk 76% England 78%

Higher standard53%

Suffolk 32% England 33%

Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard78%

Suffolk 73% England 75%

Greater depth31%

Suffolk 11% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard91%

Suffolk 73% England 77%

Higher standard41%

Suffolk 21% England 24%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

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Suffolk median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	75%	25%	109	108
2023/24	61%	10%	105	105
2022/23	80%	37%	108	110

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

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, IpswichThis school
This school

Outstanding2024

3.1applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Clifford Community Primary School & Nursery
0.6 km · Suffolk

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.4applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ipswich
0.6 km · Suffolk

Remains Good · improving2024

2.1applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
Sidegate Primary School
0.6 km · Suffolk

Remains Good2022

2.0applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
St Helen's Primary School
0.8 km · Suffolk

Remains Good2023

1.9applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
St Margaret's CEVAP School, Ipswich
1.1 km · Suffolk

Remains Good · improving2024

2.0applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Britannia Primary School and Nursery
1.3 km · Suffolk

Good2023

2.1applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Rose Hill Primary
1.3 km · Suffolk

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.2applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
Rushmere Hall Primary School
1.4 km · Suffolk

Remains Good · improving2024

1.8applications per place 59%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 145382 · 935/3340
Trust: Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Multi Academy Trust
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Capacity: 210 pupils · 210 on roll
Free school meals: 10.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 January 2018
Replaced: St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ipswich (URN 124784)
Address: Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, IP4 4EU
Local authority: Suffolk · Ipswich

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