Springfield Infant School and Nursery

Academy converter·Infant school Ipswich, Suffolk·IP1 4PP

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Springfield Infant School and Nursery is an infant school for pupils aged 3–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

69 first choices, 71 places

First choices per place

0.97

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

108

any preference, for 71 places

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03

00.511.5

1 per place

1.0620220.9520231.0120240.9420250.972026

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

Every child who put Springfield Infant School and Nursery 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).

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 20/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement

Expected standard

Leadership and governance

Expected standard

Curriculum and teaching

Expected standard

Attendance and behaviour

Expected standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Expected standard

Inclusion

Expected standard

Safeguarding standards

Met

Early years

Expected standard

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 296
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

19.9%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

39.5%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

15.5%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

0.3%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

6.7%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

20.5%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

22.2

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,042

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Springfield Junior School Ipswich · 0.2 mi 37.7 Handford Hall Primary School Ipswich · 0.4 mi 62.5 Whitehouse Community Primary School Ipswich · 0.7 mi 38.1 Ranelagh Primary School Ipswich · 0.8 mi 15.0 St Matthew's Church of England Primary School, Ipswich Ipswich · 0.9 mi 32.9 St Pancras Catholic Primary School Ipswich · 0.9 mi 50.3 Dale Hall Community Primary School Ipswich · 1.0 mi 47.1 The Beeches Community Primary School Ipswich · 1.0 mi 32.5

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

Springfield Infant School and Nursery at a glance

Located in Ipswich, Suffolk, Springfield Infant School and Nursery is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 296 pupils aged 3 to 7.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Springfield Infant School and Nursery their first choice was offered one of its 71 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.7%. There are about 22.2 pupils per teacher. Springfield Infant School and 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 above.