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State primary · 3 to 11 · Mixed · 506 pupils

Rushmere Hall Primary School

Lanark Road, Ipswich, IP4 3EJ · Suffolk
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Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving) · January 2024(130/237)About one first choice per place (2026)

Summary

The key facts, in one place
Primary (key stage 2) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 9,478th of 14,817 on the same figure. Band: Lower half.
(130/237)Rank among 237 Suffolk primaries with results, 2025 results (reading, writing and maths)
Inspection
School remains Good (Improving), January 2024
Getting in
Last offer 2.34 mi (2026)
Results
59% expected standard; 4% higher standard
Size
506 pupils; 58 places a year; classes of 27
Run by
The Compass Partnership of Schools
Type
Academy converter
Ages
3 to 11 · Mixed
Strengths, and things to check
  • Sessions missed: 4.1%, against 5.1% in Suffolk.
  • Persistently absent: 7.0%, against 11.6% in Suffolk.
  • Higher standard: 4%, against 7% in Suffolk.
Could your child get in?In 2026 offers reached 2.34 miles. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.Check a postcode ↓ Schools for usRank every school near you by the measures that matter to your family, each reason shown.Rank schools →
COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · RECEPTION 2027
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SourceSuffolk County Council offer-day figures, 2024 to 2026.

How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.

Things to know
  • A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.

In 2026 offers reached 2.34 miles. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.

Bars: how far the last place offered reached each year. Check your postcode and each year turns green where a place reached your home.

Free, no account needed. Your postcode is used for this check and not kept.

Offers

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Offer day, year by year

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SourceCouncil offer-day figures: Suffolk County Council, 2024 to 2026.

Things to know
  • Distances are straight lines from the school.
EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Reception202660—6032.34
Reception202460—53none—

A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought.

Could you get in?Enter a home or postcode: we set it against every year's last offer and this school's rules.

Results

Quality

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SourceOfsted · inspected 31 January 2024
DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025

  • School remains Good (Improving)
  • Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 59% (England 62%) (county 59%)
  • Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 4% (England 8%) (county 7%)

Results

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SourceDfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Reading, writing and maths: expected standard59%62%59%2024/2025
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard4%8%7%2024/2025

League table place

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SourceDfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

TableLeague rank
Primary (key stage 2)(130/237)
Suffolk league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life and who goes there

Daily life

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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
DfE, school workforce · November 2025
DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

  • Absence: 4.1% of sessions missed; 7.0% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 4.6% and 9.6%
  • Suspensions: 1 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 1); 0 permanent exclusions
  • Classes average 26.6 pupils; 12% of classes have more than 30
  • 24.3 pupils for each teacher
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 126 m
  • 13 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 3 serious)
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 8.8 µg/m³, PM2.5 7.3 (1 km square, background level)

Absence

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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25.

Things to know
  • Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (10-20%), the median of 4894 schools.
YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/254.1%3.3%0.8%7.0%0.7%
2023/244.2%3.3%0.9%11%0.4%
2022/235.0%3.9%1.1%10%0.7%
Schools with a similar intake4.6%9.6%

Suspensions and exclusions

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SourceDfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/251.10.8%60
2023/240.90.7%50
2022/230.50.2%30
Schools with a similar intake0.8

Class sizes and staff

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SourceDfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size26.62025/26
Classes over 30 pupils12%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher24.3November 2025

Stops nearby

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SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current.

Things to know
  • A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus126

Road collisions within 500 m

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SourceDfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025.

Things to know
  • 3 serious and 0 fatal in all; 0 involved a pedestrian, 5 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
YearCollisions
20253
20244
20231
20221
20214

Air quality

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SourceDEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.

Things to know
  • A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO28.82024
PM1012.22024
PM257.32024

Who goes there

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SourceDfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals13%2025/26
First language other than English17%2025/26
SEN support11%2025/26
Education, health and care plan9.1%2025/26
Girls46%2025/26

Ofsted

Inspections

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SourceOfsted, 2024.

DateKindOutcome
31 January 2024Ungraded visitSchool remains Good (Improving)

Admissions

Getting in

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SourceDfE, school applications and offers · Reception 2026

  • 58 families put it first for 58 places; 56 of them got in
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.

Applications and offers, DfE

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SourceDfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2022 to 2026.

Things to know
  • Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.
EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Reception2026585810456
Reception202545439243
Reception202453539053
Reception202343438743
Reception2022505010650

Who runs it

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SourceDfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined April 2026
DfE, open academies list
DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 March 2021

  • The Compass Partnership of Schools, with 28 schools
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 February 2021
  • Replaced Rushmere Hall Primary School (URN 124679)
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Fees and clubs

State schools charge no tuition fees. Breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs are set by each school: ask the school what it runs and what it costs.

Childcare costsWhat wraparound care and early years places cost, and what funding covers.See costs →

Nearby

Nurseries nearby

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SourceOfsted early years register.

Daisy Chain Pre-School0.1 miles
Little Acorns Pre School0.5 miles
Rainbow Bright Day Care0.7 miles
Ipswich Private Kindergarten Limited0.7 miles
Homes in reach of this schoolLook up any home near here: its sales, an open-data valuation, and which schools it keeps in reach.Search homes →

Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: Suffolk County Council
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026 (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

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