St Alban's Catholic High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C57
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Ipswich, IP4 3NJ
- Distance
- 1.6km away
Northgate High School
Sidegate Lane West, Ipswich, IP4 3DL
Local ranking4th of 43 secondary schools in Suffolk
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1777
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 3 December 2024. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 3 December 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 49.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 50.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 71.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 252
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 92.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Higher education
- 51.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 22.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
31.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
31.5
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
202
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 13.7% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 24.8
- 16-18 Cohort
- 449
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1709
- Boys
- 865 (49%)
- Girls
- 885 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1777 (98% full)
- SEND
- 15.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.9%
- EAL
- 17.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.4%
- SEN Support
- 11.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 98.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,797/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 61.8%
- White Other: 10.2%
- Mixed Other: 5.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 4.0%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 3.9%
- Asian Indian: 3.2%
- Other: 3.2%
- Black African: 1.7%
61.8%
White British
10.2%
White Other
5.2%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Sidegate Lane West
Ipswich, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 124840
- UKPRN
- 10004756
- Establishment No.
- 4090
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