Handford Hall Primary School | School performance

62%

RWM expected · 2024/25

19%

RWM higher · 2024/25

358

Pupils · 2024/25

76%

EAL · 2024/25

18%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

62%

RWM expected · 2024/25

19%

RWM higher · 2024/25

358

Pupils · 2024/25

76%

EAL · 2024/25

18%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

62%

RWM expected · 2024/25

19%

RWM higher · 2024/25

358

Pupils · 2024/25

76%

EAL · 2024/25

18%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 19/01/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authoritySuffolk

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio20.6:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Handford Hall Primary School · Primary · Suffolk

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2017/18

RWM expected standard

62%

-10pp

79%71%62%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 62%

RWM higher standard

19%

+6pp

19%12%5%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 19%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

66%

Reading higher standard

32%

Writing expected standard

66%

Writing higher standard

26%

Maths expected standard

70%

Maths higher standard

23%

Science expected standard

72%

SPAG expected standard

47%

SPAG higher standard

13%

Reading scaled score

103.0

Maths scaled score

102.0

GPS scaled score

99.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

358

Pupil : teacher ratio

20.6

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

76%

FSM eligible

34%

SEN

37%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

18%

Contact

Address

57 Gatacre Road, Ipswich, IP1 2LQ

Local authority

Suffolk

Website

http://www.handfordhall.omat.org.uk

Telephone

01473251603

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	62%	19%	66%	32%	66%	26%	70%	23%	72%	47%	103.0	102.0	99.0	—	—	—	37%	358
2023/24	72%	13%	74%	32%	77%	26%	83%	23%	77%	68%	105.0	105.0	102.0	—	—	—	27%	373
2022/23	67%	12%	72%	40%	72%	33%	79%	21%	77%	56%	105.0	104.0	101.0	+2.70	+4.30	+1.10	33%	374
2018/19	79%	5%	82%	24%	84%	37%	79%	24%	84%	79%	104.0	104.0	106.0	+4.60	+5.90	+2.90	21%	329
2017/18	72%	13%	79%	31%	85%	28%	74%	28%	82%	77%	104.0	104.0	106.0	+5.80	+7.30	+5.50	—	346

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	358	19.1	37%	76%	34%	5%	18%
2023/24	373	18.8	27%	77%	31%	8%	28%
2022/23	374	22.3	33%	77%	29%	9%	31%
2021/22	345	23.3	30%	75%	26%	7%	22%
2020/21	330	21.2	33%	74%	22%	—	—
2018/19	329	21.6	21%	77%	18%	4%	9%
2017/18	—	21.9	—	—	—	4%	9%