Sybil Andrews Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 12 2023 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
140969
Address
Rougham Tower Avenue, IP32 7QB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
639 (65% of total capacity)
Boys
53.7%
Girls
46.3%
First language not English
8.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
13%
Persistent absence
19.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 82.8%
Other White 7.5%
Mixed 3.5%
Unclassified 1.7%
African 1.1%
Other 0.8%
Other Black 0.6%
Indian 0.5%
Other Asian 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.05
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.1
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 72%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.5
Local authority average 43.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.93
Local authority average 3.74
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award42
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE34
BiologyGCSE31
ChemistryGCSE31
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE32
Design & TechnologyGCSE23
English LanguageGCSE144
English LiteratureGCSE142
FrenchGCSE109
GeographyGCSE31
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Sybil Andrews Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
116
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
92
2nd preference
64
3rd preference
31
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
92
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes25.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
114
68
46
Year 8
136
64
72
Year 9
139
79
60
Year 10
106
64
42
Year 11
144
68
76
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
46.0%
38.2%
35.4%
School sixth form
46.0%
42.6%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
4.6%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.3%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
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

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