Copleston High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C63
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Ipswich, IP4 5HD
- Distance
- 2.8km away
Ipswich Academy
Braziers Wood Road, Ipswich, IP3 0SP
Local ranking40th of 43 secondary schools in Suffolk
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1230
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 8 May 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 40.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 33.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 52.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 201
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Continued in education
- 77.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1006
- Boys
- 485 (49%)
- Girls
- 496 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1230 (80% full)
- SEND
- 14.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 39.8%
- EAL
- 21.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.4%
- SEN Support
- 11.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 57.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,147/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
- 11.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 31.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 64.3%
- White Other: 11.0%
- Black African: 4.8%
- Mixed Other: 4.7%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 3.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.7%
- Other: 2.4%
- Asian Indian: 1.3%
64.3%
White British
11.0%
White Other
4.8%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Braziers Wood Road
Ipswich, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 136453
- UKPRN
- 10032966
- Establishment No.
- 4606
- Trust
- PARADIGM TRUST
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