Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery
Clifford Road, Ipswich, IP4 1PJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Cieran Dadds
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Ipswich
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 404
- URN
- 124654
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01473251605
About this school
Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery is a community primary school in Ipswich. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 404 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 57 | 60 | 61 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 58% | 31% | 57% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 0% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 79% | 75% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 68% | 57% | 72% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 68% | 62% | 74% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 102.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.10 | - | - |
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 Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery 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 | 58% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 31% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 57% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 436 |
| 2023/24 | 436 |
| 2024/25 | 428 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery compares
Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery ranked 133rd of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 57% | 5.8% | 19.3% | 404 | — |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ipswich | 75% | 4% | 11.8% | 210 | 0.4 miles |
| St Helen's Primary School | 53% | 5.7% | 29.7% | 439 | 0.5 miles |
| Rose Hill Primary | 59% | 6.1% | 33.7% | 259 | 0.5 miles |
| St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ipswich | 87% | 4% | 1.4% | 212 | 0.6 miles |
| Britannia Primary School and Nursery | 63% | 4.4% | 13.9% | 637 | 0.7 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)
- 19.27%
- English as an additional language
- 37.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.79%
- Persistent absence
- 14.17%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ipswich0.4 miles
Primary · Ipswich
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St Helen's Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Ipswich
-
Rose Hill Primary0.5 miles
Primary · Ipswich
-
St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ipswich0.6 miles
Primary · Ipswich
-
Britannia Primary School and Nursery0.7 miles
Primary · Ipswich
Other schools in Ipswich
Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery ranks 28th 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 Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery teach?
- Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Ipswich.
- Who is the headteacher of Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery?
- The headteacher of Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery is Mr Cieran Dadds, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery, 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 Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery?
- Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery has 404 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery full?
- Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery has capacity for 420 pupils and 404 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery a faith school?
- No. Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery has no designated religious character.
- Does Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery as having nursery classes.
- How have Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 58% in 2022/23 and 57% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery rank locally?
- Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery ranked 133rd of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery's absence rate?
- Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery's overall absence rate is 5.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery'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.