Halifax Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Ipswich, Suffolk
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.
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Key facts
- Address
- Prince of Wales Drive, Ipswich, IP2 8PY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- 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.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2025, as Suffolk published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Earlier years of exam results
- Which schools pupils move on to or come from
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
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