Ipswich Academy
Braziers Wood Road, Ipswich, IP3 0SP
Local ranking38th of 46 secondary schools in Suffolk
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
1230
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 37.6
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 29.5%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 47.9%
- Entering EBacc
- 7.4%
- EBacc APS
- 3.2
- Cohort Size
- 190
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 (48%)
- Girls
- 521 (52%)
- Capacity
- 1230 (82% 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
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.7%
- Persistent Absence
- 31.0%
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
Loading chart
- White British: 60.2%
- White Other: 10.3%
- Other: 10.3%
- Mixed Other: 4.4%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 3.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.5%
- Black Caribbean: 2.5%
- Asian Indian: 1.2%
60.2%
White British
10.3%
White Other
10.3%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 136453
- UKPRN
- 10032966
- Establishment No.
- 4606
- Trust
- PARADIGM TRUST