Stradbroke High SchoolThe Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School)

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Stradbroke High School and The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School).

  • Stradbroke High School scores 64 out of 100 (grade C, average) and The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School) scores 59 out of 100 (grade C, average). Stradbroke High School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Stradbroke High School was judged Good and The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School) was judged the expected standard.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 44.3 for Stradbroke High School and 42.7 for The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School).

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Stradbroke High School (55.0 in 2021-22, 44.3 in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School) (43.7 in 2022-23, 42.7 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Stradbroke High School versus The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School) compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure EyeStradbroke High SchoolHarlestonThe Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School)England average
Overview
Our scoreC64/100Stronger figureC59/100
Local ranking5th of 43 in Suffolk 24th of 53 in Norfolk
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary All-through
Age range11-16 3-16
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll339 837
Capacity435 973
LocationEye, IP21 5JN Harleston, IP20 9DD
GCSE results
Attainment 844.3 Stronger figure42.7 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths47.3% Stronger figure29.7% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths72.7% Stronger figure63.7% 64.8%
Entering EBacc56.4% Stronger figure19.8% 40.5%
EBacc average point score4.02 Stronger figure3.56 4.09
Cohort55 91
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standardNot reported59.0% 62.0%
At higher standardNot reported8.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled scoreNot reported104.0 106.0
Maths average scaled scoreNot reported103.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census339 837
Free school meals (ever 6)21.5% 20.4%
English as an additional language1.5% 5.6%
SEN support12.7% 13.6%
SEN with an EHC plan7.7% 6.5%
Attendance
Overall absence8.3% 6.8% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence24.2% 18.4% Stronger figure15.8%

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.

Stradbroke High School

The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School)

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