St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ipswich

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

SuffolkLocal Authority

IpswichConstituency

IP4 4EUPostcode

9.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

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

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 210 pupils. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ipswich is part of Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Multi Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 61%
Higher standard: 10%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

50%

Asian

16%

Black

18%

Mixed

12%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

210

Total Pupils

46%Boys

54%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

10%

England average

27%

First language not English

36%

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: Less deprived
Total pupils: 210
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)
MAT name: Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Multi Academy Trust

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
23 Apr 2024	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding
21 Feb 2012	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.