Ixworth High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 18 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Suffolk
Unique reference
140047
Address
Walsham Road, IP31 2HS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
528 (79% of total capacity)
Boys
52.1%
Girls
47.9%
First language not English
3.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.7%
Persistent absence
26.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 85.4%
Other White 7%
Mixed 2.7%
Unclassified 2.3%
Indian 0.6%
Other Black 0.6%
Other Asian 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
African 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.34
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.1
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 43%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.5
Local authority average 43.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.71
Local authority average 3.74
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award16
Ancient HistoryGCSE11
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE14
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE7
BiologyGCSE12
ChemistryGCSE13
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE4
English LanguageGCSE68
English LiteratureGCSE66
FrenchGCSE23
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Set Ixworth School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
132
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
129
2nd preference
73
3rd preference
21
From another Local Authority
27
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
127
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
15
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 classes19.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
136
70
66
Year 8
112
67
45
Year 9
114
52
62
Year 10
105
47
58
Year 11
61
39
22
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
86.2%
86.5%
Further education
58.0%
38.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
17.0%
41.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
4.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
12.0%
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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