St Mary's Catholic Primary School, IpswichRushmere Hall Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ipswich and Rushmere Hall Primary School are primary schools in Ipswich.

  • St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ipswich scores 80 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Rushmere Hall Primary School scores 64 out of 100 (grade C, average). St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ipswich is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ipswich was judged Outstanding and Rushmere Hall Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 75.0% for St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ipswich and 59.0% for Rushmere Hall Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ipswich (80.0% in 2022-23, 75.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Rushmere Hall Primary School (67.0% in 2022-23, 59.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ipswich versus Rushmere Hall Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure IpswichSt Mary's Catholic Primary School, IpswichIpswichRushmere Hall Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB80/100Stronger figureC64/100
Local ranking3rd of 240 in Suffolk Stronger figure72nd of 240 in Suffolk
InspectionOfsted: OutstandingStronger figureOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll212 535
Capacity210 570
LocationIpswich, IP4 4EU Ipswich, IP4 3EJ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard75.0% Stronger figure59.0% 62.0%
At higher standard25.0% Stronger figure4.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score109.0 Stronger figure106.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score108.0 Stronger figure102.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census212 535
Free school meals (ever 6)11.8% 15.3%
English as an additional language33.0% 18.3%
SEN support7.1% 15.5%
SEN with an EHC plan1.9% 6.4%
Attendance
Overall absence4.0% Stronger figure4.1% 6.2%
Persistent absence4.9% Stronger figure7.0% 15.8%

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.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

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.

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ipswich

Rushmere Hall Primary School

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