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Sprites Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Stonechat Road, Ipswich IP2 0SA · spritesacademy.org · 01473 685040
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 71%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Suffolk 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 406
- 97% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 28.1%
- First language not English
- 17%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Reach2 Academy Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 42 families put the school first and 50 places were offered; 100% 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 | 50 | 42 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 58 | 52 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 58 | 1 | 95% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 37 | 31 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 33 | 31 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% 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 | |||
| ▲71% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Sprites Primary Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 8 November 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 8 Nov 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 134200), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Mar 2022Monitoring visitEffective action
- May 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
- Mar 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
Oct 2019Inadequate
Quality of education Inadequate Behaviour and attitudes Inadequate Personal development Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
- Jan 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
May 2018Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Mar 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 134200)
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (54 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 54
- 15% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 61% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied