Ranelagh Primary School

Community school·Primary school Ipswich, Suffolk·IP2 0AN
Composite score
15.0
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#14,652
National rank
#1673
In East of England
#231
In Suffolk
Top 99%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
23%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
29 first choices, 33 places
First choices per place
0.88
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
52
any preference, for 33 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.12
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9220220.9320230.8720241.0020250.882026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Ranelagh Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
299
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
34.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
54.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
26.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,054
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

Ranelagh Primary School is a primary school serving Ipswich, Suffolk, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 299 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Ranelagh Primary School 'Good'. 23% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 4.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Ranelagh Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 33 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.7%. There are about 19.2 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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