Redstone Hall School, Ipswich
Redstone Hall School is a special school for pupils aged 7 to 16 in Ipswich.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Redstone Hall School in detail
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other special schools to Redstone Hall School are Woodbridge Road Academy (0.7 miles); Stone Lodge Academy (1.3 miles, Good); Sir Bobby Robson School (1.9 miles, Good); and New Skill Centre (2.1 miles, Good).
Woodbridge Road AcademyStone Lodge AcademySir Bobby Robson SchoolNew Skill Centre
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Entrance, about 1140 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).
31 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Co-op Education Centre (outside), 10 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Redstone Hall 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 493 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, public order offences and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Suffolk (32), as is usual near a town centre.
Sources: NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 9 months agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's January 2026 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
Redstone Hall School is purpose-built for pupils with SEND, offering individualised learning pathways that adapt to each child's needs. The school combines strong academics in core subjects with a therapeutic approach to support pupils' emotional wellbeing and regulation. You can expect dedicated staff training, secure facilities designed with your child's safety in mind, and a broad curriculum that includes life skills, careers guidance and meaningful work experience.
Key Strengths
- Specialised curriculum tailored to individual SEND needs with strong focus on early literacy, numeracy and phonics
- Comprehensive therapeutic approach integrated throughout the school with specialist support staff and high-quality professional development
- Well-designed school environment with spacious, calming classrooms and secure facilities suited to pupils' needs
- Robust safeguarding systems with trained designated leads and secure online recording
- Strong personal, social and health education curriculum covering relationships, health, mental health and citizenship
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective with well-trained designated leads, robust online recording systems, rigorous staff training including annual updates from Keeping Children Safe in Education, and understanding of contextual risks to pupils.
Extracurricular Activities
Team-building activities, life-skills activities, work experience placements, work-based experiences, school council, trips and visits, travel training, discrete religious education lessons with visits to local religious buildings, enrichment activities
Redstone Hall School is a new special educational needs school in Ipswich designed to support pupils with EHC plans. The school is likely to meet all independent school standards when it opens.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby schools
Keep up with Redstone Hall School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 97
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 21
- Children hurt
- 10
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 97 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 21 serious and 76 slight.
10 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 7 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise.
20 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Suffolk is 4 (the median across 365 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Ipswich
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Ipswich
Across Suffolk council
Places available
8,475
Applications
7,204
Got 1st preference
92.7%
Got preferred school
97.7%
All secondary applications across Suffolk council (2026/27), not just this school.
Inspection History
Special educational needs provision
Redstone Hall School is not approved under Section 41 of the Children and Families Act 2014.
Source: Get Information about Schools (GIAS), Department for Education.
Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
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Questions parents ask about Redstone Hall School
Does Redstone Hall School have specialist SEN provision?
Redstone Hall School is not approved under Section 41 of the Children and Families Act 2014.
How do I apply to Redstone Hall School?
Redstone Hall School is an independent school and runs its own admissions rather than going through the local authority. Contact the school directly for entry requirements, assessment dates, fees and any bursaries.
How many road collisions happen near Redstone Hall School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 97 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 21 serious and 76 slight. 10 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 7 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise. 20 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Suffolk is 4 (the median across 365 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Redstone Hall School?
Redstone Hall School is at 11 Fore Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 1JW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)