St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ipswich
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Ipswich, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
0.764 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ipswich is a primary school in Ipswich, Suffolk for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 16 May 2024. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ipswich 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 2025 | 0.764 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2025 lived 0.764 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 19 Suffolk primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 32 first-choice applications for 34 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 63% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Suffolk.
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
- Bolton Lane, Ipswich, IP4 2BT
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 413 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 16 May 2024
Strengths
- “St Margaret’s is a warm and inspirational place to be.”
- “Pupils accept and value each other for who they are.”
- “They deeply respect and show kindness to everyone, no matter their background.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 June 2024 (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) | 63% | 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: 32 first-preference applications, 34 offers in total, 32 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.
- St Helen's Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good
- St Matthew's Church of England Primary School, Ipswich 0.6 mi Good
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ipswich 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Clifford Community Primary School & Nursery 0.7 mi Not judged
- Sidegate Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- Handford Hall Primary School 1.0 mi Good
- Hillside Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ipswich 1.1 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published