Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery

Community school · Primary school · Ipswich, Suffolk
IP4 1PJ
Composite score
42.9

School overview

Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery is a primary school serving Ipswich, Suffolk, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 428 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 57% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 26.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous 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 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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 further down the page.

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#9,910
National rank
#1082
In East of England
#141
In Suffolk
Top 67%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
57%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Requires improvement

School profile

Pupils on roll 428 % FSM ever-6 19.3% % EAL 37.1% Age range 3–11 Gender Mixed

Location

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