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Birchwood Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Valiant Road, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich IP5 3SP · birchwoodprimary.co.uk · 01473 610701
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Outstanding
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 73%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Suffolk 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.4
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 209
- 100% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 10%
- First language not English
- 9.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 42 families put the school first and 29 places were offered; 69% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 29 | 42 | 1.4▲ | 69% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 29 | 33 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 34 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 33 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 17% the higher standard. Across Suffolk it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲73% | 62% | ||
| ▲17% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 14 December 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Birchwood Primary School was: School remains Outstanding.
- Outcome
- Remains Outstanding
- Inspected
- 13 Dec 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Oct 2016
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2016Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Sept 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (69 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 69
- 33% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 65% who raised concerns
based on the 19% who had a child bullied