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Ipswich Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Braziers Wood Road, Ipswich IP3 0SP · ipswichacademy.paradigmtrust.org · 01473 550040

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Overview

Ofsted
Requires improvement
2019 framework · inspected May 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
37.6
average Attainment 8 score. Suffolk 42.8, England 46
Demand for places
0.7
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
981
80% of 1,230 places
Local authority
Suffolk
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
41.5%
First language not English
22.8%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Paradigm Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 137 families put the school first and 200 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 181 (Places 196)181September 2023: 163 (Places 182)163September 2024: 159 (Places 205)159September 2025: 115 (Places 163)115September 2026: 137 (Places 200)137Places 200
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262001370.7100%
September 2025Sept 20251631150.7100%
September 2024Sept 20242051590.8100%
September 2023Sept 20231821630.9100%
September 2022Sept 20221961810.999%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 37.6, and 29.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Suffolk it was 42.8, and across England 46.

In 2016/17 the average A level result was grade U (4.23 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: 40.8 (England 46.3)40.82017/18: 40.2 (England 46.5)40.22018/19: 40.7 (England 46.7)40.72021/22: 44.1 (England 48.8)44.12022/23: 34.7 (England 46.3)34.72023/24: 35.7 (England 45.9)35.72024/25: 37.6 (England 46.0)37.6England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼37.646.0
▼29.5%45.4%
▼47.9%64.8%
▼7.4%40.5%
▼3.234.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form26.2−9.3
Sixth form college0.4−0.2
Further education57.4+8.6
Apprenticeship2.1−1.5
Employment1.7−1.9
Not in a lasting destination8+3.2
Activity not captured4.2+1.8

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

15/1616/172015/16: 12.6 (England 30.5)E+2016/17: 4.2 (England 31.1)UEngland 31.1
2016/17TrendAverage gradeProgress
13 studentsU (4.2) -0.14
13 studentsU (4.2) -0.14
Applied general6 students— -0.81
88.5%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2015/1622E+ (12.6)+0.27

Where sixth-form leavers went

Left in 2016/17

Other education13
Apprenticeship20
Employment20
Not in a lasting destination20
Activity not captured27

Ofsted

Ipswich Academy was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 8 May 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Requires improvement
Inspected
8 May 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2019

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2019Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Sept 2018Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Oct 2016Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jan 2015Inadequate
    Outcomes for pupilsInadequate
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentInadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    16 to 19 study programmesInadequate

What parents said

40% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (105 replies, to 7 April 2025).

Recommend
40%
Replies
105
10% · 7 Apr 2025
Child is happy at school▼56% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼48% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼37% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼65% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼64% agreeEngland 88%
Told what child will learn▼66% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼58% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼73% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼74% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼42% agreeEngland 80%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼34% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 89% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼28% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 54% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼20% agreeEngland 68%

based on 25 parents (24%) with SEND

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