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St Mark's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Ipswich · IP2 9HN

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 8 February 2023

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At a glance

202 pupils · 96% of 210 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
17.3% of pupils
Website
http://www.stmarkscatholicprimary.co.uk/
URN
151852

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

19 places offered · 19 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.2%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.9%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
19.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

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.

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