Halifax Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C58
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Ipswich, IP2 8PY
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Hillside Primary School
Belstead Avenue, Ipswich, IP2 8NU
Local ranking174th of 240 primary schools in Suffolk
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 17 August 2026
Primary
Phase
500
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Needs attention
- 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)
- 53.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 3.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 60.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 72.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 74.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 64.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 101.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 102.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 101.0
- Cohort Size
- 58
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 421
- Boys
- 214 (51%)
- Girls
- 207 (49%)
- Capacity
- 500 (84% full)
- SEND
- 15.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 45.5%
- EAL
- 57.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.1%
- SEN Support
- 13.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 22.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,250/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- 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: 28.1%
- White Other: 24.1%
- Gypsy/Roma: 15.5%
- Black African: 8.8%
- Mixed Other: 8.1%
- Other: 5.7%
- Asian Indian: 2.9%
- Asian Other: 1.4%
28.1%
White British
24.1%
White Other
15.5%
Gypsy/Roma
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Belstead Avenue
Ipswich, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 140887
- UKPRN
- 10045979
- Establishment No.
- 2027
- Trust
- THE ACTIVE LEARNING TRUST LIMITED
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