Royal Hospital School
Other independent school · Mixed · Suffolk
Holbrook, Ipswich, IP9 2RX
86
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
495
Capacity used
Has space60%
820 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Headteacher
- Steven Dixon
- Address
- Holbrook, Ipswich, IP9 2RX
- Phone
- 01473326200
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Ward / constituency
- Stour · South Suffolk
- Area
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 124889
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 22% | — | — |
495 pupils · 820 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 60.5 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 69% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 86% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.33 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 37.74 | — | — |
Average grade: B- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 50.9 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 1.1% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 1.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 92 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 38.35 | 35 |
| Average grade | B | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 25.9% | 17% |
| A-level students | 87 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 79 | 48% | 89% | 96% | |
| English Literature | 77 | 53% | 94% | 99% | |
| Combined Science | 54 | 48% | 81% | 98% | |
| History | 38 | 82% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 36 | 61% | 94% | 97% | |
| Chemistry | 36 | 61% | 92% | 94% | |
| Biology | 35 | 71% | 97% | 97% | |
| Business | 35 | 37% | 80% | 94% | |
| Geography | 34 | 76% | 97% | 97% | |
| Media / Film / TV | 29 | 38% | 90% | 97% | |
| Religious Studies | 26 | 58% | 100% | 100% | |
| Design & Technology | 19 | 42% | 89% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geography | 27 | 7% | 41% | 74% | |
| Mathematics | 27 | 15% | 41% | 59% | |
| Psychology | 25 | 0% | 20% | 44% | |
| Business Studies | 17 | 6% | 24% | 65% | |
| Economics | 13 | 0% | 15% | 38% | |
| History | 12 | 8% | 33% | 100% | |
| Design and Technology (Product Design) | 11 | 9% | 18% | 27% | |
| Physics | 10 | 20% | 20% | 30% | |
| English Language | 9 | 0% | 22% | 56% | |
| Classical Civilisation | 9 | 0% | 44% | 67% | |
| English Literature | 8 | 13% | 63% | 88% | |
| Biology | 7 | 14% | 43% | 57% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 12795: Royal Hospital School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.