St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ipswich
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Ipswich, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.115 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ipswich is a primary school in Ipswich, Suffolk for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 5 March 2024. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's Catholic 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 2026 | 0.115 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.115 miles away, the shortest of 48 Suffolk primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.55 miles).
- Reception 2026 had 39 first-choice applications for 29 offers, which is 1.3 first choices per offer, the 12th highest of 245 Suffolk primary schools.
- For Reception in 2026, 28 offers went to first-choice families and 11 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 25% 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
- Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, IP4 4EU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 210 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 5 March 2024
Strengths
- “The motto of ‘be ready, safe and respectful’ resonates throughout this highly diverse school community.”
- “Pupils behave and learn exceptionally well because of their teachers’ very high expectations.”
- “Staff vigilantly ensure pupils’ physical and mental well-being.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 April 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) | 75% | 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: 39 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 28 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.
- Clifford Community Primary School & Nursery 0.4 mi Not judged
- St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ipswich 0.4 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Sidegate Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good
- St Helen's Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good
- St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ipswich 0.7 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Britannia Primary School and Nursery 0.8 mi Good
- Rose Hill Primary 0.8 mi Not judged
- Rushmere Hall Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published