St Mark's Catholic Primary School

General Information

Address: Stone Lodge Lane West, Ipswich, IP2 9HN
Phone: 01473601748
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Rosemarie Birch
Age range: 5-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Number of pupils: 202
School capacity: 210
Pupils eligible for free school meals: 35
% eligible for free school meals: 17.3%
Nursery provision: No

Behaviour

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SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

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Pupils on SEN Support: 10.9%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.0%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 6 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil

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Educational Attainment

Good 2023 report

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Ranked #15 of 20 Ofsted Rating schools of this type in the area

#13St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, IpswichGood
#14St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, IpswichGood
#15St Mark's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#16St Matthew's Church of England Primary School, IpswichGood
#17St Pancras Catholic Primary SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

#1St Mary's Catholic Primary School, IpswichOutstanding
#2Britannia Primary School and NurseryGood
#3Cliff Lane Primary SchoolGood
#4Dale Hall Community Primary SchoolGood
#5Handford Hall Primary SchoolGood
#6Morland Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#7Piper's Vale Primary - A Paradigm AcademyGood
#8Ranelagh Primary SchoolGood
#9Rushmere Hall Primary SchoolGood
#10Sidegate Primary SchoolGood
#11Sprites Primary AcademyGood
#12St Helen's Primary SchoolGood
#13St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, IpswichGood
#14St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, IpswichGood
#15St Mark's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#16St Matthew's Church of England Primary School, IpswichGood
#17St Pancras Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#18The Beeches Community Primary SchoolGood
#19Hillside Primary SchoolRequires improvement
#20The Willows Primary SchoolRequires improvement

Financials

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