Halifax Primary School, Ipswich

From the headteacher's welcome: "It gives us great pleasure to welcome you to Halifax Primary School."

The school runs after-school care.

In 2025, 84% of Year 6 pupils at Halifax Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 82% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 72% in Suffolk and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (81% in reading, 88% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 47 families put Halifax Primary School as their first choice and 80 named it as one of their preferences, for 51 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Halifax Primary School are Hillside Primary School (0.4 miles, Requires improvement, 60% reading, 74% maths); The Willows Primary School (0.5 miles, Requires improvement, 54% reading, 50% maths); St Mark's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles); and The Oaks Primary School (1 mile, Outstanding, 72% reading, 82% maths).

Halifax Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Halifax Primary School is one of 7 schools run by Orwell Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

32 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Halifax Primary School (as of September 2025): 91% would recommend the school, 94% say their child is happy there and 67% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (100%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (67%).

In 2026, 48 pupils (11.7%) received SEN support and 10 (2.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Ipswich Rail Station, about 920 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Halifax Primary School (outside), 80 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Halifax Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 257 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Suffolk (32), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Halifax Primary School issued 16 suspensions, 3.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Halifax Primary School are Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy (0.3 miles); Chantry Academy (0.6 miles); and Learning Support, Southern Area Education Office (1.3 miles).