Dale Hall Community Primary School
Dale Hall Lane, Ipswich, IP1 4LX
This school is closed (it closed in January 2024).
It was replaced by Dale Hall Community Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanne Dedicoat
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 408
- URN
- 124668
- Local authority
- Suffolk
About this school
Dale Hall Community Primary School was a community primary school in Ipswich. It taught children aged 5 to 11 and had 408 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Dale Hall Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 57 | 58 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 61% | 64% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 11% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 81% | 79% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 61% | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | 0.00 | - |
| Writing progress | +1.10 | - |
| Maths progress | +3.20 | - |
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 Dale Hall Community 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 | 61% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 64% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 414 |
| 2023/24 | 408 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Dale Hall Community Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 92% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 3.9% | 9.3% | 408 | — |
| Dale Hall Community Primary School | 67% | 4% | 9.4% | 412 | 0.0 miles |
| Castle Hill Infant School | — | 6.3% | 23.6% | 251 | 0.4 miles |
| Castle Hill Junior School | 57% | 5.9% | 37.4% | 288 | 0.4 miles |
| St Pancras Catholic Primary School | 72% | 5.4% | 24.4% | 153 | 0.7 miles |
| The Beeches Community Primary School | 50% | 7.7% | 41.3% | 393 | 0.8 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 9.3%
- English as an additional language
- 5.1%
- Overall absence
- 3.9%
- Persistent absence
- 6.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Dale Hall Community Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Ipswich
-
Castle Hill Infant School0.4 miles
Primary · Ipswich
-
Castle Hill Junior School0.4 miles
Primary · Ipswich
-
St Pancras Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Ipswich
-
The Beeches Community Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Ipswich
Other 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 ages does Dale Hall Community Primary School teach?
- Dale Hall Community Primary School taught children aged 5 to 11. It was a primary school in Ipswich.
- Has Dale Hall Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Dale Hall Community Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Dale Hall Community Primary School?
- Dale Hall Community Primary School had 408 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- How have Dale Hall Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 61% in 2022/23 and 64% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Dale Hall Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Dale Hall Community 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 10 July 2024.