St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ipswich

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

SuffolkLocal Authority

IpswichConstituency

IP4 2BTPostcode

6.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ipswich is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Suffolk, East of England.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 413 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 64%
Higher standard: 12%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

60%

Asian

13%

Black

Mixed

15%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

413

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

21%

England average

27%

First language not English

41%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 413
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good (Improving)

Ungraded inspection on 16 May 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one. Ofsted has scheduled a full graded inspection as a result.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
17 Nov 2014	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.