Ipswich Academy
Secondary schoolIpswich Academy is a secondary school in Ipswich, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 981 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), May 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 8 May 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Ipswich Academy was 40.3, against 41.3 in Ipswich and 46.2 in England.
33.3% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Ipswich | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 40.3 | 41.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33.3% | 37.9% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52.7% | 57.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 201 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Morland Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), September 2022. 36% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)560 m
- Ravenswood Community Primary SchoolPrimary. No outcome in Ofsted's file. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)570 m
- Sir Bobby Robson SchoolSpecial. Good (overall), June 2023800 m
- Alderwood AcademyPupil referral and alternative provision. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met870 m
- Piper's Vale Primary - A Paradigm AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), February 2022. 44% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)910 m
- First Base Ipswich AcademyPupil referral and alternative provision. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met920 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Ipswich
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).