Copleston High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 7 2023 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
136827
Address
Copleston Road, IP4 5HD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1936 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
53.5%
Girls
46.5%
First language not English
13.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.7%
Persistent absence
28.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 70.4%
Mixed 9.4%
Other White 7.5%
Unclassified 2.4%
Indian 2.3%
Other 2.2%
Bangladeshi 1.7%
African 1.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.9%
Other Asian 0.5%
Caribbean 0.5%
Other Black 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.56
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.1
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 38%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 55%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51
Local authority average 43.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.5
Local authority average 3.74
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award14
Speech & DramaTechnical Award9
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE19
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE24
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE35
BiologyGCSE55
Business Studies:SingleGCSE64
ChemistryGCSE55
Classical CivilisationGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE52
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Copleston High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
319
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
357
2nd preference
279
3rd preference
101
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
292
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
4
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 classes22.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
327
181
146
Year 8
330
178
152
Year 9
329
181
148
Year 10
328
164
164
Year 11
291
166
125
Year 12
171
85
86
Year 13
160
80
80
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
86.0%
85.6%
Further education
29.0%
38.2%
35.4%
School sixth form
59.0%
42.6%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
4.6%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.3%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.3%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
68.0%
55.1%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
28.0%
15.4%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
6.0%
3.4%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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