Castle Hill Infant SchoolSt Pancras Catholic Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Ipswich.

Summary of the comparison

Castle Hill Infant School and St Pancras Catholic Primary School are primary schools in Ipswich.

  • Castle Hill Infant School scores 66 out of 100 (grade C, average) and St Pancras Catholic Primary School scores 47 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Castle Hill Infant School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Castle Hill Infant School was judged Good and St Pancras Catholic Primary School was judged Good.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at St Pancras Catholic Primary School (53.0% in 2022-23, 72.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Castle Hill Infant School versus St Pancras Catholic Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure IpswichCastle Hill Infant SchoolIpswichSt Pancras Catholic Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC66/100Stronger figureD47/100
Local ranking231st of 238 in Suffolk 165th of 238 in Suffolk Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy sponsor led Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-7 5-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll251 153
Capacity270 210
LocationIpswich, IP1 6QD Ipswich, IP1 6EF
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standardNot reported72.0% 62.0%
At higher standardNot reported3.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled scoreNot reported106.0 106.0
Maths average scaled scoreNot reported104.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census220 172
Free school meals (ever 6)23.6% 24.4%
English as an additional language16.4% 15.7%
SEN support10.4% 18.0%
SEN with an EHC plan15.4% 4.1%
Attendance
Overall absence6.3% 5.4% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence16.9% 14.3% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Castle Hill Infant School

St Pancras Catholic Primary School

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