St Margaret's CEVAP School, Ipswich

Ofsted judged St Margaret's CEVAP School, Ipswich's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in October 2014 (last graded inspection), and an ungraded inspection in May 2024 confirmed it, on Ofsted's own scale. At that inspection, Ofsted recorded evidence of improvement; its next inspection will be graded.

St Margaret's CEVAP School, Ipswich has 413 pupils on roll.

In 2024-25, 63% of pupils at the end of primary school (key stage 2) reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Trends and the detail behind each figure are on the Results tab.

St Margaret's CEVAP School, Ipswich admits pupils aged 4 to 11.

St Margaret's CEVAP School, Ipswich is located in Ipswich, IP4 2BT, Suffolk.

St Margaret's CEVAP School, Ipswich is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.

Yes — St Margaret's CEVAP School, Ipswich has a religious character of Church of England. Faith criteria may apply to admissions; check the school's oversubscription policy for details.

Distance did not decide places at St Margaret's CEVAP School, Ipswich for 2026-27 (Reception): every applicant who applied on time was offered a place, so there was no cut-off distance. This changes year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.

When St Margaret's CEVAP School, Ipswich has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Foundation: St Margaret's/Christian church twice a month + LAC/PLAC — St Margaret’s Church or another Christian church at least twice a month and who are looked after children (children in care) and previously looked after children (children who were looked after but have ceased to be because they have been adopted or become subject to a child arrangements or special guardianship order immediately following having been looked after); 2. Foundation: St Margaret's weekly + sibling — St Margaret’s Church weekly and who have a sibling at the School; 3. Foundation: Another Christian church weekly + sibling — Another Christian church weekly and who have a sibling at the School, and 10 further criteria. The school offers 60 places at this entry point. Tie-break: Sibling tie-breaker: Priority will be given, where necessary, to applications where there is the smallest age gap in calendar days between the child’s date of birth and the date of birth of any sibling already attending the school, or who has been offered a place at the time of application. In the unlikely event that two applicants competing for a single place at a school have the same number of days difference in age from their closest aged sibling, the place will be offered to one applicant on the basis of lots drawn by a person who is independent to the school. Distance tie-breaker: In the event of a tie within any of the other categories, the determining factor will be the distance from the home to the School, measured by a straight line (‘as the crow flies’). In the unlikely event of two or more applications being equal in every respect including distance from the School and those applications being for the last place then lots will be drawn by a person who is independent of the School.

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 38.7% of pupils at St Margaret's CEVAP School, Ipswich are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.