Birchwood Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Ipswich, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.738 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Birchwood Primary School is a primary school in Ipswich, Suffolk for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Outstanding, from the inspection on 14 December 2022. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Birchwood Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.738 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 0.738 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and the 16th shortest of 48 Suffolk primary schools with a published last distance.
- For Reception in 2026, there were 42 first-choice applications for 29 offers: 29 offers went to first-choice families and 13 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Suffolk schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Valiant Road, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, IP5 3SP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 209 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding Inspected 14 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils, parents and staff are extremely positive about Birchwood Primary School.”
- “Pupils are kind to one another.”
- “They care about the environment and their community.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 February 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 73% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 42 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Suffolk.
- Gorseland Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Martlesham Primary Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Cedarwood Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good
- Heath Primary School, Kesgrave 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Bealings School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Bucklesham Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Waldringfield Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Kyson Primary School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade