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Piper's Vale Primary - A Paradigm Academy

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMiss Kimberly Morton

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location_onIpswich, IP3 0EW

language Visit Website phone 1473320413

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2022

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Students

325

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Expected Standard

44%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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Piper's Vale Primary - A Paradigm Academy is a Academy sponsor led primary school in Ipswich, serving ages 3-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 89% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Piper's Vale Primary - A Paradigm Academy is an academy sponsor led in Ipswich, Suffolk, admitting pupils aged 3-11. It is part of PARADIGM TRUST. The school has approximately 345 pupils on roll, of whom 51% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 44% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 2% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #171 of 225 primaries in Suffolk and #11,838 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2022. The school's current overall rating is Good. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Good, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Good, and leadership and management Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 24.4:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 2.1 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

44%

LA 57%

Reading56% LA 73%

Writing83% LA 68%

Maths51% LA 69%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

48%

LA 55%England 61%

Reading62% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing68% LA 68% · Eng 72%

Maths52% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

47%

LA 54%England 60%

Reading73% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Writing76% LA 67% · Eng 71%

Maths57% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

101

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.3

Read

LA 0.0

-3.1 to 0.4

1.1

Write

LA -0.4

-0.6 to 2.8

-3.6

Maths

LA -0.6

-5.2 to -2.0

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

46%

LA 61%England 65%

Reading50% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Writing63% LA 75% · Eng 78%

Maths75% LA 75% · Eng 79%

Read SS

100

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.7

Read

LA -0.6

-3.3 to -0.1

-0.3

Write

LA -0.7

-1.7 to 1.2

0.1

Maths

LA -1.1

-1.3 to 1.6

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

42%

LA 60%

Reading48% LA 73%

Writing67% LA 74%

Maths70% LA 71%

Read SS

100

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

101

Progress (0 = national avg)

-4.9

Read

LA -0.4

-7 to -2.8

-4.3

Write

LA -0.5

-6.3 to -2.3

-1.9

Maths

LA -1.0

-3.8 to 0

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

15 February 2022

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2022-02-15

Academy First Section 5 EIF

Good

Education

Good

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Good

2016-11-16

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2 EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

2014-12-03

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

1.4%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.3%(1 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 345 pupils. During this period, there were 5 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 1.4%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2024/25 (Spring term)	345	5	1.4%	0.8%	0
2024/25 (Autumn term)	339	9	2.7%	0.9%	0
2023/24 (Summer term)	371	2	0.5%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	348	6	1.7%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	333	6	1.8%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	336	4	1.2%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	325	5	1.5%	0.6%	1
2022/23 (Autumn term)	325	11	3.4%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	324	4	1.2%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	314	2	0.6%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	311	8	2.6%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	326	10	3.1%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	321	0	0.0%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	310	2	0.6%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	335	2	0.6%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	335	1	0.3%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	329	3	0.9%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	352	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	356	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	357	10	2.8%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	369	2	0.5%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	362	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	382	2	0.5%	0.5%	0

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 31 pupils

Speech, Language & Communication 13 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 5 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 5 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 3 pupils

Severe Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Hearing Impairment 1 pupils

Physical Disability 1 pupils