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Rushmere Hall Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Lanark Road, Ipswich IP4 3EJ · rushmerehallprimaryschool.com · 01473 726027
Overview
- Ofsted
- Improving
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 59%
- 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
- 506
- 89% of 570 places
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 13.1%
- First language not English
- 17.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 58 families put the school first and 58 places were offered; 97% 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 | 58 | 58 | 1 | 97% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 45 | 43 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 53 | 53 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 43 | 43 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 50 | 50 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 59% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 4% 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 | |||
| ▼59% | 62% | ||
| ▼4% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124679)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 31 January 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Rushmere Hall Primary School was: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next.
- Outcome
- Improving
- Inspected
- 30 Jan 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124679), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jun 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124679)
Jun 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124679)
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (94 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 94
- 17% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 91% who raised concerns
based on the 44% who had a child bullied
based on 32 parents (34%) with SEND