Gorseland Primary School
Deben Avenue, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, IP5 3QR
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Elizabeth Green
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 502
- Pupils on roll
- 461
- URN
- 124625
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01473623790
About this school
Gorseland Primary School is a community primary school in Ipswich. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 461 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 61 | 67 | 67 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 77% | 57% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 4% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 87% | 67% | 76% |
| Expected standard in maths | 87% | 72% | 76% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 85% | 73% | 72% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.60 | - | - |
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 Gorseland 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 | 77% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 441 |
| 2023/24 | 442 |
| 2024/25 | 483 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Gorseland Primary School compares
Gorseland Primary School ranked 101st of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% 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 | 63% | 4.3% | 10.5% | 461 | — |
| Birchwood Primary School | 73% | 3.6% | 8.7% | 209 | 0.4 miles |
| Martlesham Primary Academy | 75% | 4.3% | 27.6% | 125 | 0.7 miles |
| Cedarwood Primary School | 57% | 4.1% | 9.2% | 399 | 1.0 miles |
| Heath Primary School, Kesgrave | 58% | 4.8% | 12.5% | 523 | 1.3 miles |
| Bealings School | 53% | 7.3% | 1% | 104 | 1.6 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report9 December 2025
- 17 May 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 10.54%
- English as an additional language
- 9.5%
- Overall absence
- 4.34%
- Persistent absence
- 8.38%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Birchwood Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Ipswich
-
Martlesham Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Woodbridge
-
Cedarwood Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Ipswich
-
Heath Primary School, Kesgrave1.3 miles
Primary · Ipswich
-
Bealings School1.6 miles
Primary · Woodbridge
Other schools in Ipswich
Gorseland Primary School ranks 18th 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 Gorseland Primary School teach?
- Gorseland Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Ipswich.
- Who is the headteacher of Gorseland Primary School?
- The headteacher of Gorseland Primary School is Mrs Elizabeth Green, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Gorseland Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Gorseland 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 Gorseland Primary School?
- Gorseland Primary School has 461 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Gorseland Primary School full?
- Gorseland Primary School has capacity for 502 pupils and 461 on roll (92%), 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 Gorseland Primary School a faith school?
- No. Gorseland Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Gorseland Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Gorseland Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Gorseland Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Gorseland Primary School's special educational needs provision as: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Gorseland Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 77% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Gorseland Primary School rank locally?
- Gorseland Primary School ranked 101st of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% 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 Gorseland Primary School's absence rate?
- Gorseland Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Gorseland Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Gorseland 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.