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Ravenswood Community Primary School

Primary · Academy converter · Mixed · Suffolk

Ravenswood Avenue, Ipswich, IP3 9UA

Website 01473728565

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headline score

Ranking (England)

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No ranked results

Ofsted

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No graded inspection

Application demand

100%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

94.1%

15.8% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

385

Capacity used

Has space

82%

472 places

GCSE rank (England)

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KS2 rank (England)

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Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

100%

1st preference success rate

39 of 39 families who put it first got an offer

39

Places offered

58

Total applications

1.5

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference3939● 100%
2nd preference80● 0%
3rd preference110● 0%
Total583967%

Suffolk lets families list 3 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
No
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Bradley Saunders
Address
Ravenswood Avenue, Ipswich, IP3 9UA
Phone
01473728565
Local authority
Suffolk
Ward / constituency
Priory Heath · Ipswich
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
151105

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals31%——
English as additional language———
SEN support———
50% boys (192)50% girls (193)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

Academy trust: THE COMPASS PARTNERSHIP OF SCHOOLS

385 pupils · 472 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).

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Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 362 pupils

Attendance

94.1%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

5.9%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

15.8%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

1.4%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

1.6%

Absences the school didn't approve

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

Primary results by subject (SATs)

Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England

Reading, writing & maths combined

Expected standard63%
+1% vs England
Higher standard2%
-6% vs England

Reading

Expected standard80%
+5% vs England
Higher standard27%
-6% vs England
Average score105
-1 vs England

Writing

Expected standard80%
+8% vs England
Greater depth7%
-6% vs England

Maths

Expected standard71%
-3% vs England
Higher standard20%
-6% vs England
Average score103
-2 vs England

Grammar, punctuation & spelling

Expected standard77%
+4% vs England
Higher standard38%
+8% vs England
Average score107
+2 vs England

Science

Expected standard82%
+0% vs England

England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).

Primary results over time

Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Expected standard (RWM)63%61%
Higher standard2%8%

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Suffolk council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Reception (primary)15 January16 April (or next working day)

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.