Clifford Community Primary School & Nursery
Primary schoolClifford Community Primary School & Nursery is a primary school in Ipswich, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 404 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 26 November 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 57% of pupils at Clifford Community Primary School & Nursery met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 59% in Suffolk and 62% in England.
5% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Suffolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 59% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 5% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, IpswichPrimary. Outstanding (overall), March 2024. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)630 m
- St Helen's Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, July 2023. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)740 m
- Suffolk New CollegeSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file750 m
- Rose Hill PrimaryPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)760 m
- Woodbridge Road AcademySpecial. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade770 m
- Parkside AcademyPupil referral and alternative provision. Good (overall), January 2024910 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Ipswich
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).