Hadleigh High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 22 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Suffolk
Unique reference
136918
Address
Highlands Road, Hadleigh, IP7 5HU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
731 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
49.8%
Girls
50.2%
First language not English
5.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
22.2%
Persistent absence
24.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 84.1%
Unclassified 5.2%
Mixed 5.1%
Other White 3.8%
Other Asian 0.5%
African 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 26%
Local authority average 27%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.5
Local authority average 42.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.78
Local authority average 3.69
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award14
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award12
Speech & DramaTechnical Award11
Art & DesignGCSE39
BiologyGCSE30
Business Studies:SingleGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE29
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE14
Design & TechnologyGCSE17
English LanguageGCSE153
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Hadleigh High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
144
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
138
2nd preference
38
3rd preference
9
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
138
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
149
66
83
Year 8
138
65
73
Year 9
138
70
68
Year 10
150
86
64
Year 11
156
77
79
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
86.1%
85.5%
Further education
23.0%
41.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
50.0%
39.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
4.0%
4.6%
12.9%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.8%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.1%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
3.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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