St Margaret's CEVAP School, Ipswich, Ipswich

The school runs a breakfast club from 8:00am and after-school care.

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils at St Margaret's CEVAP School, Ipswich reached the expected standard in reading and 72% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 72% in Suffolk and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 71% in reading and 76% in maths in 2024.

Year groups in primary schools are small, so a handful of pupils can move these figures by several points from one year to the next.

For September 2026 entry, 32 families put St Margaret's CEVAP School, Ipswich as their first choice and 69 named it as one of their preferences, for 34 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places, so in 2026 a family who put it first could expect an offer unless the school's other criteria ruled them out.

First-choice demand has fallen from 55 in 2021 to 32 in 2026, while places went from 59 to 34.

Across Suffolk, 95% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2025, families in Suffolk lodged 86 appeals against primary school offers; 60 reached a hearing and 23 succeeded (38.3% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to St Margaret's CEVAP School, Ipswich are St Helen's Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 66% reading, 68% maths); St Matthew's Church of England Primary School, Ipswich (0.6 miles, Good, 57% reading, 60% maths); St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ipswich (0.7 miles, Outstanding, 84% reading, 91% maths); and Clifford Community Primary School & Nursery (0.7 miles, Good, 75% reading, 72% maths).

St Margaret's CEVAP School, Ipswich's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

23.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (the average state school: 24.5%), and 37.2% speak English as an additional language (average: 18.5%), according to the 2025 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (42%), Mixed (16%) and Asian (13%).

In 2025, 33 pupils (8%) received SEN support and 3 (0.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 15.6% and 3.9% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

St Margaret's CEVAP School, Ipswich employed 27 teachers in 2024, roughly one for every 15 pupils. Their average salary was £40,613.

Its 2026 funding allocation works out at £5,114 per pupil (£2.4 million in total), including £130,290 of pupil premium for disadvantaged pupils.

The nearest railway station is Entrance, about 0.9 miles away.

38 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Soane Street (opposite), 80 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Margaret's CEVAP School, Ipswich stands in is among the 30% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 494 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Suffolk (32), as is usual near a town centre.

St Margaret's CEVAP School, Ipswich recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2023/24.

The secondary schools closest to St Margaret's CEVAP School, Ipswich are Learning Support, Southern Area Education Office (0.3 miles); Northgate High School (1.2 miles); Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy (1.2 miles); and Copleston High School (1.5 miles).