Farlingaye High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 2 2022 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
136834
Address
Ransom Road, IP12 4JX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1912 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
50.5%
Girls
49.5%
First language not English
2.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.6%
Persistent absence
31.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 84.4%
Mixed 6.8%
Unclassified 3.7%
Other White 3.3%
Other 0.6%
Other Asian 0.3%
Indian 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
African 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.04
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.1
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 31%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 43%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.1
Local authority average 43.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.15
Local authority average 3.74
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award6
Health StudiesTechnical Award26
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award10
TourismTechnical Award17
Art & DesignGCSE40
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE15
BiologyGCSE71
Business Studies:SingleGCSE111
ChemistryGCSE71
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE39
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Farlingaye High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
299
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
308
2nd preference
163
3rd preference
32
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
296
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
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 classes21.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
305
155
150
Year 8
299
159
140
Year 9
307
162
145
Year 10
305
145
160
Year 11
306
154
152
Year 12
200
99
101
Year 13
190
92
98
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
86.0%
85.6%
Further education
23.0%
38.2%
35.4%
School sixth form
67.0%
42.6%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
4.6%
13.0%
Other education destinations
SP
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.3%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.3%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
67.0%
55.1%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
32.0%
15.4%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
SP
2.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
3.4%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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