Which school had the best GCSE results in Suffolk in 2024?

On 2024 Attainment 8, Debenham High School topped the table in Suffolk with 55.4, against an England average of 45.9. 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 2024 archive (the 2023/24 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 2024 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2024 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 2024: secondary school league table

42 state secondary schools in Suffolk ranked on their 2024 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2023/24 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. 10 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2024 archive of the table. See the latest Suffolk GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

Local Authority 43 state secondary schools 2023/24 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Suffolk ranked on Attainment 8

42 of 43 schools have published 2024 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2023/24.

Secondary schools in Suffolk ranked on Attainment 8, 2024 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	45.9	0.00	46%	65%	4.07	–
1	Debenham High School Stowmarket · Academy converter	55.4	+0.76 (0.53 to 1.00)	59%	84%	4.55	140
2 , up 1 place since 2023	Hartismere School Eye · Academy converter	51.5	+0.19 (-0.03 to 0.41)	56%	79%	4.84	163
3 , up 4 places since 2023	Northgate High School Ipswich · Community school	51.2	+0.35 (0.17 to 0.53)	56%	76%	4.32	254
4 , down 2 places since 2023	St Benedict's Catholic School Bury St Edmunds · Academy converter	51.1	+0.17 (-0.05 to 0.40)	55%	77%	4.78	161
5 , up 6 places since 2023	Kesgrave High School Ipswich · Academy converter	50.6	+0.17 (0.00 to 0.33)	51%	75%	4.15	307
6 , down 1 place since 2023	Copleston High School Ipswich · Academy converter	49.2	+0.34 (0.18 to 0.51)	53%	73%	4.29	289
7 , up 5 places since 2023	St Alban's Catholic High School Ipswich · Academy converter	48.9	+0.13 (-0.11 to 0.36)	51%	66%	4.30	160
8	Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form Woodbridge · Academy converter	48.8	+0.10 (-0.12 to 0.32)	41%	73%	4.35	167
9 , down 3 places since 2023	Thomas Gainsborough School Sudbury · Academy converter	48.4	+0.21 (0.04 to 0.38)	52%	72%	4.20	268
10 , up 18 places since 2023	Sybil Andrews Academy Bury St Edmunds · Academy sponsor led	47.5	+0.15 (-0.09 to 0.39)	49%	70%	4.33	144
11= , up 9 places since 2023	East Bergholt High School Colchester · Academy converter	47.4	+0.09 (-0.12 to 0.30)	48%	68%	4.08	184
11= , up 2 places since 2023	Stour Valley Community School Sudbury · Free schools	47.4	-0.14 (-0.40 to 0.13)	49%	69%	3.96	115
13 , up 12 places since 2023	Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics Lowestoft · Academy sponsor led	46.4	-0.12 (-0.30 to 0.06)	49%	67%	3.93	238
14	Bury St Edmunds County High School Bury St Edmunds · Academy converter	46.2	-0.09 (-0.30 to 0.12)	46%	70%	4.34	186
15 , down 5 places since 2023	Sir John Leman High School Beccles · Academy converter	46.1	-0.22 (-0.40 to -0.04)	44%	72%	3.81	239
16 , up 3 places since 2023	Bungay High School Bungay · Academy converter	46.0	+0.08 (-0.15 to 0.31)	40%	70%	4.01	152
17 , down 13 places since 2023	Stradbroke High School Eye · Academy converter	45.9	+0.37 (0.01 to 0.72)	48%	73%	4.19	67
18 , down 9 places since 2023	Farlingaye High School Woodbridge · Academy converter	45.5	-0.15 (-0.31 to 0.02)	44%	70%	3.88	305
19 , up 7 places since 2023	Stowmarket High School Stowmarket · Academy sponsor led	45.4	-0.03 (-0.25 to 0.19)	47%	70%	3.93	164
20 , down 5 places since 2023	Hadleigh High School Ipswich · Academy converter	44.6	-0.16 (-0.38 to 0.06)	38%	62%	3.85	165
21 , down 5 places since 2023	Thurston Community College Bury St Edmunds · Community school	44.4	-0.16 (-0.33 to 0.01)	42%	65%	3.85	265
22 , down 5 places since 2023	Claydon High School Ipswich · Academy converter	44.1	-0.18 (-0.41 to 0.04)	33%	62%	3.82	156
23 , down 1 place since 2023	Samuel Ward Academy Haverhill · Academy converter	43.2	-0.23 (-0.42 to -0.04)	36%	65%	3.69	228
24 , down 6 places since 2023	King Edward VI CEVC School Bury St Edmunds · Voluntary controlled school	42.9	-0.10 (-0.29 to 0.08)	39%	65%	3.72	234
25 , up 5 places since 2023	Newmarket Academy Newmarket · Academy sponsor led	42.5	-0.50 (-0.72 to -0.28)	39%	61%	3.91	160
26= , down 6 places since 2023	East Point Academy Lowestoft · Academy sponsor led	41.6	-0.39 (-0.61 to -0.16)	45%	63%	3.60	149
26= , up 6 places since 2023	Westbourne Academy Ipswich · Academy converter	41.6	-0.38 (-0.58 to -0.18)	38%	59%	3.54	211
28 , up 10 places since 2023	Ormiston Sudbury Academy Sudbury · Academy sponsor led	41.3	-0.30 (-0.56 to -0.05)	32%	59%	3.32	123
29 , down 6 places since 2023	Castle Manor Academy Haverhill · Academy converter	41.1	-0.13 (-0.36 to 0.11)	31%	57%	3.31	147
30 , up 7 places since 2023	Alde Valley Academy Leiston · Academy sponsor led	40.6	-0.33 (-0.62 to -0.04)	30%	59%	3.42	90
31 , down 2 places since 2023	Mildenhall College Academy Mildenhall · Academy converter	39.8	-0.29 (-0.49 to -0.09)	28%	55%	3.57	201
32 , up 4 places since 2023	Pakefield High School Lowestoft · Academy converter	39.1	-0.53 (-0.79 to -0.27)	29%	54%	3.03	119
33 , up 6 places since 2023	Ormiston Endeavour Academy Ipswich · Academy sponsor led	38.9	-0.09 (-0.38 to 0.20)	28%	54%	3.20	97
34 , down 10 places since 2023	Holbrook Academy Ipswich · Academy converter	38.4	-0.61 (-0.87 to -0.35)	32%	50%	3.35	116
35 , down 8 places since 2023	Breckland School Brandon · Free schools	38.0	-0.34 (-0.61 to -0.07)	27%	50%	3.44	108
36 , down 5 places since 2023	Ixworth High School Ixworth · Free schools	36.4	-0.82 (-1.18 to -0.45)	28%	58%	3.28	60
37 , down 4 places since 2023	Felixstowe School Felixstowe · Academy sponsor led	35.8	-0.48 (-0.67 to -0.28)	26%	50%	3.07	202
38= , up 2 places since 2023	Ipswich Academy Ipswich · Academy sponsor led	35.7	-0.54 (-0.72 to -0.35)	29%	50%	3.11	237
38= , down 3 places since 2023	Ormiston Denes Academy Lowestoft · Academy sponsor led	35.7	-0.38 (-0.62 to -0.15)	22%	46%	3.08	143
40 , up 1 place since 2023	Chantry Academy Ipswich · Academy sponsor led	35.5	-0.51 (-0.73 to -0.30)	32%	51%	3.04	176
41 , down 7 places since 2023	Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy Ipswich · Academy sponsor led	32.7	-0.41 (-0.65 to -0.17)	20%	40%	2.79	144
42	Beccles High School Beccles · Free schools	30.9	-1.15 (-1.48 to -0.81)	17%	41%	2.63	71
–	Stowupland High School Stowmarket · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2024	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Under each rank: the change since the 2023 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2023 result.

Independent schools in Suffolk with published 2024 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	28.2	1%	105
Finborough School Stowmarket · Other independent school	37.0	0%	65
Framlingham College Woodbridge · Other independent school	47.2	0%	75
Ipswich High School Other independent school	40.6	0%	60
Ipswich School Ipswich · Other independent school	70.5	94%	136
OneSchool Global UK Colchester Campus Colchester · Other independent school	51.8	55%	20
Royal Hospital School Ipswich · Other independent school	60.5	69%	122
Saint Felix School Southwold · Other independent school	42.6	57%	51
St Joseph's College Ipswich · Other independent school	46.0	47%	74
Woodbridge School Woodbridge · Other independent school	40.1	0%	75

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 2024 was 45.9.

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 2024 archive of the table: each school's 2024 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2024 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 2024: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Suffolk ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Suffolk with published 2024 GCSE results

More about schools in Suffolk

Suffolk GCSE results: common questions