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Kesgrave High School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich IP5 2PB · kesgrave.suffolk.sch.uk · 01473 624855

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Dec 2022
GCSEs, 2024/25
49.7
average Attainment 8 score. Suffolk 42.8, England 46
Demand for places
1.1
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,875
25 over 1,850 places · 101%
Local authority
Suffolk
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
15.3%
First language not English
5.6%
School census 2025/26
Trust
East Anglian Schools Trust Ltd

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 338 families put the school first and 294 places were offered; 85% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 310 (Places 308)310September 2023: 313 (Places 308)313September 2024: 299 (Places 298)299September 2025: 275 (Places 303)275September 2026: 338 (Places 294)338Places 294
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262943381.1▲85%
September 2025Sept 20253032750.999%
September 2024Sept 20242982991▲98%
September 2023Sept 20233083131▲95%
September 2022Sept 20223083101▲96%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 49.7, and 52.4% 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+ (31.8 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: 44.2 (England 46.3)44.22017/18: 48.6 (England 46.5)48.62018/19: 47.5 (England 46.7)47.52021/22: 52.8 (England 48.8)52.82022/23: 47.9 (England 46.3)47.92023/24: 50.6 (England 45.9)50.62024/25: 49.7 (England 46.0)49.7England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲49.746.0
▲52.4%45.4%
▲72.0%64.8%
▼9.8%40.5%
●4.094.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form64.2−1.6
Sixth form college0.3—
Further education28.3+6.3
Other education0.3−1
Apprenticeship2.6−2
Employment1−2.6
Not in a lasting destination2.6+0.6
Activity not captured0.70

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: 28.4 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 29.5 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 28.5 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 28.3 (England 32.9)C-2021/22: 35.3 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 33.2 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 33.6 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 31.8 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
137 studentsC+ (31.8)Average +0.02
139 studentsC+ (31.8)Average +0.02
58 studentsDist- (32.4)Above average +0.33
10.1%AAB or better
95.7%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24149C+ (33.6)+0.13
2022/23172C+ (33.2)—
2021/22149B- (35.3)—
2018/19144C- (28.3)-0.01
2017/18181C (28.5)-0.08
2016/17195C (29.5)-0.07
2015/16189C (28.4)+0.02

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University38.6−11.1
Further education3+1.1
Apprenticeship12.7+4.2
Employment36.1+0.8
Not in a lasting destination6.6+3.3
Activity not captured3+1.7

Ofsted

Kesgrave High School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 6 December 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
6 Dec 2022
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

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

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2013

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Dec 2017Monitoring visit
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Sept 2013Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
  • Nov 2008Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding

What parents said

83% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (202 replies, to 4 September 2023).

Recommend
83%
Replies
202
11% · 4 Sept 2023
Child is happy at school●87% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe●87% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼77% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●83% agreeEngland 82%
Child does well▼84% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼75% agreeEngland 82%
Told how child is doing▲88% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects▲95% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▲94% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼75% agreeEngland 78%
Concerns are dealt with properly●74% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 82% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly●49% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 37% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼60% agreeEngland 67%

based on 44 parents (22%) with SEND

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