St Helen's Primary School
Primary · Ipswich · IP4 2LT
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 4 July 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
439 pupils · 93% of 472 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 30.3% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 54.8% of pupils
- SEN support
- 14% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 2.7% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.sthelensprimary.net
- URN
- 141819
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.97 first-choice applications per place39 places offered · 38 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
59 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
87% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 13% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 23 January 2018: School remains Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ipswich
- Woodbridge Road Academy
- Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ipswich
- St Matthew's Church of England Primary School, Ipswich
- Sidegate Primary School
- Rose Hill Primary
- St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ipswich