Ipswich Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
May 9 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Suffolk
Unique reference
136453
Address
Braziers Wood Road, IP3 0SP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1044 (86% of total capacity)
Boys
48.6%
Girls
51.4%
First language not English
19.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
37.5%
Persistent absence
29.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 67.6%
Other White 10.1%
Mixed 7.6%
Bangladeshi 4.2%
African 3.4%
Other 1.8%
Indian 1.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.9%
Caribbean 0.9%
Other Asian 0.8%
Unclassified 0.7%
Other Black 0.5%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.44
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.1
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 18%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 30%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 34.7
Local authority average 43.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.02
Local authority average 3.74
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Speech & DramaTechnical Award9
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE28
BiologyGCSE15
ChemistryGCSE14
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
English LanguageGCSE149
English LiteratureGCSE148
FrenchGCSE27
GeographyGCSE86
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Ipswich Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
205
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
159
2nd preference
32
3rd preference
23
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
159
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes26.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
209
97
112
Year 8
203
104
99
Year 9
207
101
106
Year 10
187
87
100
Year 11
238
118
120
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
86.2%
86.5%
Further education
48.0%
38.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
31.0%
41.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
4.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
5.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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