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Broke Hall Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Chatsworth Drive, Ipswich IP4 5XD · brokehall.suffolk.sch.uk · 01473 729544
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 74%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Suffolk 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 591
- 87% of 682 places
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 6.3%
- First language not English
- 13.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 69 families put the school first and 69 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 | 69 | 69 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 52 | 51 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 72 | 71 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 79 | 77 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 69 | 66 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 74% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% 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 | |||
| ▲74% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124671)
Ofsted
Broke Hall Community Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 13 June 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 13 Jun 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2014
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124671), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Feb 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124671)
Jun 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124671)
Nov 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124671)
What parents said
84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (109 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 84%
- Replies
- 109
- 17% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 71% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied
based on 17 parents (16%) with SEND