Ofsted
Good
Inspected 2016
Expected Standard
67%
Demand Ratio
1.0x
Dale Hall Community Primary School is a Academy converter primary school in Ipswich, serving ages 5-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 42% of primary schools nationally.
Dale Hall Community Primary School is an academy converter in Ipswich, Suffolk, admitting pupils aged 5-11. The school has approximately 414 pupils on roll, of whom 9% are eligible for free school meals.
In 2025, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 3% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #52 of 225 primaries in Suffolk and #4,850 of 14,143 nationally.
Ofsted last inspected the school in 2016. The school's current overall rating is Good.
In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.
The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 25.2:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.
In the 2024/25 academic year, there was 1 permanent exclusion. The average suspension rate was 3.7 per 1,000 pupils per term.
R/W/M Expected Standard
67%
Read SS
103
Maths SS
106
GPS SS
102
Progress (0 = national avg)
-
Read
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Write
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Maths
Inspection Report
Inspection Report
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