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%
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%
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
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Music performance: Group | Technical Award | 14 |
Speech & Drama | Technical Award | 9 |
Art & Design (Textiles) | GCSE | 19 |
Art & Design (Graphics) | GCSE | 24 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 35 |
Biology | GCSE | 55 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 64 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 55 |
Classical Civilisation | GCSE | 1 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 52 |
Admissions
Copleston High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 319
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 357
- 2nd preference
- 279
- 3rd preference
- 101
- From another Local Authority
- 0
Offers
- 1st preference
- 292
- 2nd preference
- 23
- 3rd preference
- 4
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 22.2 |
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 |
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% |
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% |