Halifax Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Ipswich, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
0.845 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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Halifax Primary School is a primary school in Ipswich, Suffolk for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 12 March 2025. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
Halifax 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 2025 | 0.845 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2025's last distance offered was 0.845 miles, the 3rd shortest of the 19 Suffolk primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance; the middle figure was 3.10 miles.
- For Reception 2026 there were 47 first-choice applications for 51 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% 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
- Prince of Wales Drive, Ipswich, IP2 8PY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 409 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 12 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils eagerly attend this school.”
- “Most pupils behave very well and work with enthusiasm.”
- “They treat others with kindness and respect.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, staff’s subject knowledge is less secure.”
- “This sometimes means that teaching does not help pupils to learn the intended curriculum as well as it could.”
- “In addition, where this is the case, teaching does not identify and address gaps and misconceptions in pupils’ knowledge as effectively as it should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 April 2025 (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) | 72% | 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: 47 first-preference applications, 51 offers in total, 47 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.
- Hillside Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Willows Primary School 0.5 mi Requires improvement
- St Mark's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Oaks Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ranelagh Primary School 1.0 mi Good
- Gusford Community Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged
- St Matthew's Church of England Primary School, Ipswich 1.1 mi Good
- Cliff Lane Primary School 1.2 mi Good