Birchwood Primary School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
C65
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Ipswich, IP5 3SP
- Distance
- 0.6km away
Gorseland Primary School
Deben Avenue, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, IP5 3QR
Local ranking59th of 238 primary schools in Suffolk
Ofsted: Expected
Primary
Phase
502
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 9 December 2025.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 63.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 10.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 69.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 72.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 105.0
- Cohort Size
- 67
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 483
- Boys
- 240 (52%)
- Girls
- 221 (48%)
- Capacity
- 502 (92% full)
- SEND
- 15.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 10.5%
- EAL
- 9.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 8.1%
- SEN Support
- 7.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 22.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,151/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 8.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 78.8%
- White Other: 6.0%
- Asian Indian: 5.0%
- Mixed Other: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.9%
- Other: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.3%
- Black African: 1.3%
78.8%
White British
6.0%
White Other
5.0%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Deben Avenue
Ipswich, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 124625
- UKPRN
- 10077198
- Establishment No.
- 2132
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