First Base Ipswich Academy
First Base Ipswich Academy is an academy alternative provision converter in Ipswich for boys and girls aged 3 to 8. It has 0 pupils and room for 12. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted visited in May 2026 and gave it a report card, which is below.
Raeburn Road, Ipswich, IP3 0EW01473 719553raedwaldtrust.orgMiss Stacey Laws interim headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted visited on 12 May 2026. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.
Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.
Earlier inspections (1)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 5 May 2022 | Ungraded | School remains Outstanding |
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Suffolk council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 0% | – | – | – | – | 33% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | – | 100% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | – | 0% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alderwood Academy | Academy alternative provision converter | 70 m | 0 | Report card 2026 | – | Compare |
| Piper's Vale Primary - A Paradigm Academy | Academy | 80 m | 361 | Good 2022 | 12 | Compare |
| Morland Church of England Primary School | Academy | 650 m | 358 | Good 2022 | 14 | Compare |
| Murrayfield Primary - A Paradigm Academy | Academy | 900 m | 400 | No overall grade 2025 | 18 | Compare |
| Ipswich Academy | Academy | 920 m | 981 | Requires improvement 2024 | 5 | Compare |
| Cliff Lane Primary School | Academy | 0.6 miles | 446 | Good 2024 | 72 | Compare |
| Sir Bobby Robson School | Free school | 0.7 miles | 60 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Ravenswood Community Primary School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 385 | Not inspected | 23 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is First Base Ipswich Academy a good school?
First Base Ipswich Academy doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted's report card from May 2026 rated its teaching as as expected.
What is First Base Ipswich Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 12 May 2026 it rated teaching as as expected, achievement as as expected, behaviour and attendance as strong, leadership as as expected.
How many pupils does First Base Ipswich Academy have?
0 pupils aged 3 to 8 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 12 places, so it is 0% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Raeburn Road, Ipswich, IP3 0EW
- Telephone
- 01473 719553
- Website
- www.raedwaldtrust.org
- Interim Headteacher
- Miss Stacey Laws
- Type of school
- Academy alternative provision converter (Academy alternative provision converter, academies)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 3-8, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Raedwald Trust (7 schools)
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Ward
- Gainsborough
- Constituency
- Ipswich
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 November 2017 (academy converter)
- URN
- 145101 · LAESTAB 9351107 · UKPRN 10065450
- Formerly
- First Base, Ipswich
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.