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Ixworth High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Free school
Walsham Road, Ixworth IP31 2HS · ixworthhighschool.org · 01359 234050
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Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 44
- average Attainment 8 score. Suffolk 42.8, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 512
- 85% of 600 places
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 22.3%
- First language not English
- 2.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 80 families put the school first and 88 places were offered; 100% 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 | 88 | 80 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 89 | 86 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 132 | 129 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 119 | 131 | 1.1▲ | 86% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 111 | 104 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44, and 37% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Suffolk it was 42.8, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44 | 46 | ||
| ▼37.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ●64.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲55.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.00 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 16.7 | −16 |
| Further education | 56.7 | +2.2 |
| Other education | 3.3 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 3.3 | — |
| Employment | 6.7 | +3.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 11.7 | +8.1 |
| Activity not captured | 1.7 | −3.8 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Ixworth High School on 23 April 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 23 Apr 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
51% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (169 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 51%
- Replies
- 169
- 31% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 88% who raised concerns
based on the 54% who had a child bullied
based on 61 parents (36%) with SEND