The Beeches Community Primary School
Shakespeare Road, Ipswich, IP1 6ET
393 pupils · 91% of 431 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- ASSET EDUCATION
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Free school meals
- 43.6%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 6 December 2023, published 22 January 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 50% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 0% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.95 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 40 | 38 | 62 | 40 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 36 | 36 | 56 | 36 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 45 | 45 | 59 | 45 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 39 | 37 | 53 | 39 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 30 | 30 | 43 | 30 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 33 | 31 | 46 | 33 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 36 | 32 | 55 | 36 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 28 | 23 | 47 | 25 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Pancras Catholic Primary School 0.3 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Castle Hill Junior School 0.8 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Castle Hill Infant School 0.8 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Whitehouse Community Primary School 0.9 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Dale Hall Community Primary School 1.3 km · Good — confirmed 2019 · previous system
- Springfield Junior School 1.6 km · No overall grade (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.