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Copleston High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy
Copleston Road, Ipswich IP4 5HD · copleston.suffolk.sch.uk · 01473 277240
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 46.9
- average Attainment 8 score. Suffolk 42.8, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,930
- 150 over 1,780 places · 108%
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 19.5%
- First language not English
- 15.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 345 families put the school first and 319 places were offered; 83% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 319 | 345 | 1.1▲ | 83% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 315 | 357 | 1.1▲ | 83% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 319 | 357 | 1.1▲ | 82% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 326 | 337 | 1▲ | 91% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 326 | 324 | 1 | 94% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.9, and 48.1% 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
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●46.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲48.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲70.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼30.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.15 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 56.4 | −2.3 |
| Further education | 33.9 | +4.5 |
| Other education | 1 | −0.4 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.1 | −1.3 |
| Employment | 1.4 | −0.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3.1 | +0.4 |
| Activity not captured | 2.1 | −0.3 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 149 students | C+ (31.9) | Below average -0.29 | |
| 149 students | C+ (31.9) | Below average -0.28 | |
| 32 students | Dist- (30.1) | Average +0.10 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 156 | B- (35.9) | +0.06 |
| 2022/23 | 122 | C+ (33.1) | — |
| 2021/22 | 140 | B (38.8) | — |
| 2018/19 | 122 | C (31.6) | +0.01 |
| 2017/18 | 166 | C- (28.3) | -0.01 |
| 2016/17 | 147 | C- (25.6) | -0.21 |
| 2015/16 | 131 | C- (28.3) | -0.05 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 43 | −5.7 |
| Further and other education | 8.3 | −1.6 |
| Further education | 2.5 | −2.1 |
| Other education | 5.7 | +0.4 |
| Apprenticeship | 13.9 | +8.6 |
| Employment | 20.9 | +1.8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 8.2 | −4.3 |
| Activity not captured | 5.7 | +1.1 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 7 December 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Copleston High School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 6 Dec 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Apr 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Apr 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding 16 to 19 study programmes Good
What parents said
61% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (210 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 61%
- Replies
- 210
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 50% who had a child bullied
based on 57 parents (27%) with SEND