Holbrook AcademyStoke High School - Ormiston Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Ipswich.

Summary of the comparison

Holbrook Academy and Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy are secondary schools in Ipswich.

  • Holbrook Academy scores 46 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy scores 46 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Our score is the same for each of them on the data available.

  • Holbrook Academy was judged the expected standard and Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy was judged the expected standard.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 40.1 for Holbrook Academy and 36.0 for Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Holbrook Academy (44.4 in 2021-22, 40.1 in 2025-26) and has fallen at Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy (38.2 in 2021-22, 36.0 in 2025-26).

Side-by-side comparison

Holbrook Academy versus Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure IpswichHolbrook AcademyIpswichStoke High School - Ormiston AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD46/100D46/100
Local ranking38th of 43 in Suffolk 37th of 43 in Suffolk Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: ExpectedOfsted: Expected
School typeAcademy converter Academy sponsor led
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-16 11-16
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll584 811
Capacity600 860
LocationIpswich, IP9 2QX Ipswich, IP2 8PL
GCSE results
Attainment 840.1 Stronger figure36.0 46.2
Grade 5+ in English & maths37.9% Stronger figure24.8% 46.3%
Grade 4+ in English & maths59.5% Stronger figure43.4% 64.8%
Cohort116 145
Pupils
Pupils in the census593 790
Free school meals (ever 6)23.6% 40.6%
English as an additional language8.4% 40.0%
SEN support15.7% 11.1%
SEN with an EHC plan5.2% 4.7%
Attendance
Overall absence8.4% Stronger figure11.3% 6.2%
Persistent absence26.6% Stronger figure29.2% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Holbrook Academy

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