St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ipswich
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B80
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Ipswich, IP4 4EU
- Distance
- 0.6km away
Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery
Clifford Road, Ipswich, IP4 1PJ
Local ranking215th of 240 primary schools in Suffolk
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 26 November 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 57.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 5.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 75.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 67.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 72.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 74.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 103.0
- Cohort Size
- 61
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 428
- Boys
- 202 (47%)
- Girls
- 226 (53%)
- Capacity
- 420 (102% full)
- SEND
- 8.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 19.3%
- EAL
- 37.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.4%
- SEN Support
- 7.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,350/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 14.2% 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
Loading chart
- White British: 54.3%
- White Other: 12.2%
- Gypsy/Roma: 7.0%
- Black African: 6.8%
- Asian Indian: 5.2%
- Mixed Other: 4.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.5%
- Other: 3.5%
54.3%
White British
12.2%
White Other
7.0%
Gypsy/Roma
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Clifford Road
Ipswich, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 124654
- UKPRN
- 10077195
- Establishment No.
- 2166
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