Otley Primary School
Chapel Road, Ipswich, IP6 9NT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Hannah Evans
- Federation
- Otley and Witnesham Federated Primary Schools
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 70
- Pupils on roll
- 51
- URN
- 124602
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01473890302
About this school
Otley Primary School is a community primary school in Ipswich. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 51 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 43% | - | 33% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | - | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | - | 50% |
| Expected standard in maths | 86% | - | 50% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | - | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | - | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | - | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.60 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Otley Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Suffolk average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 43% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | — | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 33% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 54 |
| 2023/24 | 48 |
| 2024/25 | 57 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Otley Primary School compares
Otley Primary School ranked 214th of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 8% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 33% | 4.4% | 17.5% | 51 | — |
| Witnesham Primary School | 55% | 4.1% | 10.2% | 90 | 2.3 miles |
| Helmingham Primary School and Nursery | — | 14.6% | 5.6% | 30 | 2.4 miles |
| Charsfield Church of England Primary School | 60% | 5.7% | 21.6% | 34 | 3.1 miles |
| Grundisburgh Primary School | 67% | 3.6% | 9.6% | 169 | 3.2 miles |
| Henley Primary School | 67% | 4.3% | 7.6% | 89 | 3.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 17.54%
- English as an additional language
- 1.8%
- Overall absence
- 4.39%
- Persistent absence
- 12.24%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Witnesham Primary School2.3 miles
Primary · Ipswich
-
Helmingham Primary School and Nursery2.4 miles
Primary · Stowmarket
-
Charsfield Church of England Primary School3.1 miles
Primary · Woodbridge
-
Grundisburgh Primary School3.2 miles
Primary · Woodbridge
-
Henley Primary School3.6 miles
Primary · Ipswich
Other schools in Ipswich
Otley Primary School ranks 52nd of the 55 ranked primary schools in Ipswich.
- Bentley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Bildeston Primary School Primary
- Birchwood Primary School Primary
- Bosmere Community Primary School Primary
- Bramford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Britannia Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Broke Hall Community Primary School Primary
- Bucklesham Primary School Primary
- Capel St Mary Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Castle Hill Infant School Primary
- Castle Hill Junior School Primary
- Cedarwood Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Otley Primary School teach?
- Otley Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Ipswich.
- Who is the headteacher of Otley Primary School?
- The headteacher of Otley Primary School is Mrs Hannah Evans, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Otley Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Otley Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Otley Primary School?
- Otley Primary School has 51 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Otley Primary School full?
- Otley Primary School has capacity for 70 pupils and 51 on roll (73%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Otley Primary School a faith school?
- No. Otley Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Otley Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Otley Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Otley Primary School?
- Otley Primary School is part of the Otley and Witnesham Federated Primary Schools federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Otley Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 43% in 2022/23 and 33% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Otley Primary School rank locally?
- Otley Primary School ranked 214th of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 8% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Otley Primary School's absence rate?
- Otley Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Otley Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Otley Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.