The Beeches Community Primary School

Academy converterPrimaryAges 2–11Mixed

Shakespeare Road, Ipswich, IP1 6ET

Acting Headteacher · Mr Stephen Capper

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 23 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils393Capacity 431

OfstedSchool remains GoodInspected 6 December 2023

TrustAsset Education

Free school meals43.6%

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 6 December 2023.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Reception applications close 15 January 2027

For September 2027. Apply through Suffolk council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.

All 38 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered40

Applications62

First choice38

First-choice offers38

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).