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Northgate High School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Community school

Sidegate Lane West, Ipswich IP4 3DL · northgate.suffolk.sch.uk · 01473 210123

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Dec 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
50.6
average Attainment 8 score. Suffolk 42.8, England 46
Demand for places
1.3
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,750
98% of 1,777 places
Local authority
Suffolk
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
19.5%
First language not English
17.6%
School census 2025/26

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 316 families put the school first and 235 places were offered; 71% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 340 (Places 242)340September 2023: 288 (Places 248)288September 2024: 303 (Places 242)303September 2025: 333 (Places 240)333September 2026: 316 (Places 235)316Places 235
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262353161.3▲71%
September 2025Sept 20252403331.4▲70%
September 2024Sept 20242423031.3▲79%
September 2023Sept 20232482881.2▲83%
September 2022Sept 20222423401.4▲71%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 50.6, and 55.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Suffolk it was 42.8, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (31.9 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 47.7 (England 46.3)47.72017/18: 51.5 (England 46.5)51.52018/19: 48.7 (England 46.7)48.72021/22: 50.7 (England 48.8)50.72022/23: 49.6 (England 46.3)49.62023/24: 51.2 (England 45.9)51.22024/25: 50.6 (England 46.0)50.6England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲50.646.0
▲55.2%45.4%
▲74.8%64.8%
▼18.0%40.5%
▲4.304.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form64.6−2.5
Further education26.8+3.2
Other education2.8+2.1
Apprenticeship2.8−0.1
Employment0.8−2.4
Not in a lasting destination1.6−0.5
Activity not captured0.8+0.4

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 30.7 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 31.3 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 31.1 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 31.5 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 35.1 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 34.3 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 30.2 (England 34.4)C2024/25: 31.9 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
202 studentsC+ (31.9)Below average -0.18
202 studentsC+ (32.1)Below average -0.17
27 studentsMerit (24.8)Below average -0.32
13.7%AAB or better
90.5%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24222C (30.2)-0.20
2022/23208C+ (34.3)—
2021/22243B- (35.1)—
2018/19216C (31.5)-0.05
2017/18237C (31.1)+0.07
2016/17270C (31.3)+0.10
2015/16254C (30.7)+0.07

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University44.3−6.9
Further and other education4.2−0.4
Further education3.8−0.5
Other education0.40
Apprenticeship12.7+4.9
Employment27.8−0.5
Not in a lasting destination6.8+1.8
Activity not captured4.2+1.1

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Northgate High School on 3 December 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
3 Dec 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Nov 2019

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Nov 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • May 2012Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
  • Feb 2008Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding

What parents said

94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (163 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
94%
Replies
163
10% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▲93% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▲93% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▲90% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲87% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▲92% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼77% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲91% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲99% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲94% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▲86% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲90% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 69% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲73% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 30% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲79% agreeEngland 67%

based on 42 parents (26%) with SEND

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