Which school had the best GCSE results in Suffolk in 2023?

On 2023 Attainment 8, Debenham High School topped the table in Suffolk with 55.6, against an England average of 46.3. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

Where are the latest Suffolk GCSE results?

This page is the 2023 archive (the 2022/23 academic year). The latest published results for every school in Suffolk are on the main Suffolk GCSE results page, which updates when the DfE releases the next year's performance tables: provisional figures in the autumn, revised figures early in the new year.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. Progress 8 measures the same pupils against others nationally with the same primary-school starting point.

Why does a school in Suffolk show no 2023 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2023 when it had no Year 11 cohort in that year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published that year's results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Suffolk GCSE results 2023: secondary school league table

42 state secondary schools in Suffolk ranked on their 2023 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2022/23 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 1 school with no published results is listed at the end. 12 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2023 archive of the table. See the latest Suffolk GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

Local Authority 43 state secondary schools 2022/23 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Suffolk ranked on Attainment 8

42 of 43 schools have published 2023 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2022/23.

Secondary schools in Suffolk ranked on Attainment 8, 2023 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.3	0.00	45%	65%	4.05	–
1 , up 1 place since 2022	Debenham High School Stowmarket · Academy converter	55.6	+0.71 (0.47 to 0.96)	61%	84%	4.60	135
2	St Benedict's Catholic School Bury St Edmunds · Academy converter	53.2	+0.50 (0.25 to 0.75)	55%	80%	4.96	146
3 , down 2 places since 2022	Hartismere School Eye · Academy converter	52.5	+0.30 (0.08 to 0.53)	60%	77%	4.91	154
4 , down 1 place since 2022	Stradbroke High School Eye · Academy converter	51.8	+0.66 (0.33 to 0.99)	65%	87%	4.74	75
5	Copleston High School Ipswich · Academy converter	51.0	+0.56 (0.39 to 0.72)	55%	77%	4.50	295
6 , up 10 places since 2022	Thomas Gainsborough School Sudbury · Academy converter	50.3	+0.28 (0.11 to 0.45)	55%	76%	4.37	272
7 , up 3 places since 2022	Northgate High School Ipswich · Community school	49.6	+0.08 (-0.10 to 0.26)	54%	75%	4.21	250
8 , up 5 places since 2022	Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form Woodbridge · Academy converter	48.2	+0.02 (-0.19 to 0.23)	44%	69%	4.29	196
9	Farlingaye High School Woodbridge · Academy converter	48.1	+0.04 (-0.12 to 0.20)	43%	70%	4.15	308
10 , up 7 places since 2022	Sir John Leman High School Beccles · Academy converter	48.0	+0.18 (0.00 to 0.36)	44%	75%	3.96	233
11 , down 5 places since 2022	Kesgrave High School Ipswich · Academy converter	47.9	+0.10 (-0.06 to 0.26)	53%	73%	3.95	306
12 , down 4 places since 2022	St Alban's Catholic High School Ipswich · Academy converter	47.7	+0.10 (-0.13 to 0.32)	46%	71%	3.97	160
13 , down 6 places since 2022	Stour Valley Community School Sudbury · Free schools	47.6	-0.05 (-0.30 to 0.21)	43%	60%	3.96	118
14 , down 2 places since 2022	Bury St Edmunds County High School Bury St Edmunds · Academy converter	46.4	-0.17 (-0.36 to 0.02)	39%	72%	4.38	214
15 , up 6 places since 2022	Hadleigh High School Ipswich · Academy converter	46.3	-0.01 (-0.25 to 0.23)	40%	63%	4.09	139
16 , up 4 places since 2022	Thurston Community College Bury St Edmunds · Community school	45.8	-0.14 (-0.31 to 0.03)	43%	66%	3.75	269
17 , down 6 places since 2022	Claydon High School Ipswich · Academy converter	45.6	-0.07 (-0.30 to 0.16)	42%	71%	3.87	146
18 , down 5 places since 2022	King Edward VI CEVC School Bury St Edmunds · Voluntary controlled school	45.3	+0.05 (-0.13 to 0.24)	40%	62%	3.92	239
19 , up 3 places since 2022	Bungay High School Bungay · Academy converter	45.1	-0.06 (-0.28 to 0.17)	40%	65%	3.82	150
20= , down 1 place since 2022	East Bergholt High School Colchester · Academy converter	44.9	-0.02 (-0.23 to 0.18)	41%	59%	3.86	186
20= , up 12 places since 2022	East Point Academy Lowestoft · Academy sponsor led	44.9	-0.06 (-0.28 to 0.15)	49%	66%	3.77	172
22 , down 7 places since 2022	Samuel Ward Academy Haverhill · Academy converter	44.6	-0.23 (-0.42 to -0.05)	40%	64%	3.81	227
23 , up 13 places since 2022	Castle Manor Academy Haverhill · Academy converter	43.8	+0.04 (-0.20 to 0.28)	36%	61%	3.51	137
24 , up 3 places since 2022	Holbrook Academy Ipswich · Academy converter	43.3	-0.28 (-0.54 to -0.02)	34%	66%	3.67	116
25 , down 7 places since 2022	Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics Lowestoft · Academy sponsor led	43.2	-0.28 (-0.46 to -0.10)	41%	65%	3.73	228
26 , up 1 place since 2022	Stowmarket High School Stowmarket · Academy sponsor led	43.0	-0.10 (-0.33 to 0.13)	39%	64%	3.64	148
27 , down 2 places since 2022	Breckland School Brandon · Free schools	42.8	-0.01 (-0.28 to 0.26)	39%	59%	3.65	108
28 , down 24 places since 2022	Sybil Andrews Academy Bury St Edmunds · Academy sponsor led	42.5	-0.05 (-0.28 to 0.17)	41%	63%	3.93	158
29 , up 6 places since 2022	Mildenhall College Academy Mildenhall · Academy converter	42.0	-0.06 (-0.26 to 0.15)	34%	54%	3.82	192
30	Newmarket Academy Newmarket · Academy sponsor led	40.9	-0.34 (-0.56 to -0.12)	38%	54%	3.78	163
31 , up 3 places since 2022	Ixworth High School Ixworth · Free schools	40.5	-0.34 (-0.68 to 0.00)	33%	58%	3.71	72
32 , down 9 places since 2022	Westbourne Academy Ipswich · Academy converter	40.0	-0.30 (-0.52 to -0.08)	38%	54%	3.35	172
33 , down 7 places since 2022	Felixstowe School Felixstowe · Academy sponsor led	39.1	-0.45 (-0.65 to -0.25)	28%	55%	3.20	205
34 , up 6 places since 2022	Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy Ipswich · Academy sponsor led	36.7	+0.07 (-0.19 to 0.32)	23%	44%	3.07	133
35 , down 4 places since 2022	Ormiston Denes Academy Lowestoft · Academy sponsor led	36.2	-0.27 (-0.51 to -0.03)	19%	39%	2.99	140
36 , up 1 place since 2022	Pakefield High School Lowestoft · Academy converter	36.1	-0.74 (-0.96 to -0.51)	23%	52%	2.96	155
37 , down 13 places since 2022	Alde Valley Academy Leiston · Academy sponsor led	35.9	-0.78 (-1.08 to -0.47)	15%	44%	3.03	84
38 , down 1 place since 2022	Ormiston Sudbury Academy Sudbury · Academy sponsor led	35.8	-0.62 (-0.85 to -0.38)	19%	39%	2.91	150
39 , down 6 places since 2022	Ormiston Endeavour Academy Ipswich · Academy sponsor led	35.6	-0.28 (-0.60 to 0.05)	31%	45%	2.98	74
40 , down 11 places since 2022	Ipswich Academy Ipswich · Academy sponsor led	34.7	-0.44 (-0.67 to -0.21)	30%	49%	3.02	155
41	Chantry Academy Ipswich · Academy sponsor led	34.6	-0.59 (-0.80 to -0.37)	21%	47%	2.83	172
42 , down 3 places since 2022	Beccles High School Beccles · Free schools	28.4	-1.68 (-2.11 to -1.26)	19%	34%	2.60	47
–	Stowupland High School Stowmarket · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Under each rank: the change since the 2022 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2022 result.

Independent schools in Suffolk with published 2023 GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Culford School Bury St Edmunds · Other independent school	32.3	0%	105
Felixstowe International College Felixstowe · Other independent school	22.2	0%	7
Finborough School Stowmarket · Other independent school	43.4	3%	69
Framlingham College Woodbridge · Other independent school	6.7	0%	578
Ipswich High School Other independent school	44.5	0%	49
Ipswich School Ipswich · Other independent school	69.1	89%	143
OneSchool Global UK Colchester Campus Colchester · Other independent school	59.0	67%	15
Royal Hospital School Ipswich · Other independent school	55.1	51%	134
Saint Felix School Southwold · Other independent school	41.9	60%	43
St Joseph's College Ipswich · Other independent school	52.2	57%	79
Summerhill School Leiston · Other independent school	12.4	0%	9
Woodbridge School Woodbridge · Other independent school	39.7	0%	82

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2023 was 46.3.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 measures how much progress pupils made from the end of primary school to their GCSEs against pupils nationally with the same starting point; it is the like-for-like measure, and the range in brackets is its confidence interval.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

This is the 2023 archive of the table: each school's 2023 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2023 figure is listed unranked even where it has results for a later year. The main Suffolk GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

See the best secondary schools in Suffolk on our composite score

Suffolk GCSE results 2023: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Suffolk ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Suffolk with published 2023 GCSE results

More about schools in Suffolk

Suffolk GCSE results: common questions