Dale Hall Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Ipswich, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.612 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Dale Hall Community Primary School is a primary school in Ipswich, Suffolk for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Dale Hall Community 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 | 0.612 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 7.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 31.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Suffolk.
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.612 miles, about the same as in 2025, and the 13th shortest of 48 Suffolk primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 71 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 60 offers went to first-choice families, and 11 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 3% 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
- Dale Hall Lane, Ipswich, IP1 4LX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 412 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 67% | 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: 71 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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.
- Castle Hill Infant School 0.4 mi Standards maintained
- Castle Hill Junior School 0.4 mi Good
- St Pancras Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- The Beeches Community Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Springfield Junior School 0.8 mi Not judged
- Springfield Infant School and Nursery 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Whitehouse Community Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained
- Handford Hall Primary School 1.1 mi Good