Copleston High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C63
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Ipswich, IP4 5HD
- Distance
- 1.0km away
St Alban's Catholic High School
Digby Road, Ipswich, IP4 3NJ
Local ranking17th of 43 secondary schools in Suffolk
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1020
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 21 January 2020. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 38.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 62.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 172
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 93.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Higher education
- 53.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 17.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
31.6
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
32.1
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
51
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 9.8% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 30.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 131
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 996
- Boys
- 453 (47%)
- Girls
- 514 (53%)
- Capacity
- 1020 (95% full)
- SEND
- 11.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.6%
- EAL
- 37.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.5%
- SEN Support
- 9.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 8.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 120.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,357/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
- 8.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 39.0%
- White Other: 17.4%
- Mixed Other: 10.6%
- Asian Indian: 8.9%
- Black African: 7.2%
- Other: 3.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.1%
- Black Other: 2.8%
39.0%
White British
17.4%
White Other
10.6%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Digby Road
Ipswich, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 137849
- UKPRN
- 10036296
- Establishment No.
- 4603
- Trust
- OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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