Hadleigh High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Suffolk
Highlands Road, Ipswich, IP7 5HU
64
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
90.5%
25.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
712
Capacity used
Has space82%
870 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
138 of 138 families who put it first got an offer
144
Places offered
187
Total applications
1.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 138 | 138 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 38 | 4 | ● 11% |
| 3rd preference | 9 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences | 2 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 187 | 142 | 76% |
1st preference success by year
Suffolk lets families list 3 preferences. 2 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Nicola Shingleton
- Address
- Highlands Road, Hadleigh, Ipswich, IP7 5HU
- Phone
- 01473823496
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Ward / constituency
- Hadleigh South · South Suffolk
- Area
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 136918
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 23% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 4% | — | — |
| SEN support | 16% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: PENROSE LEARNING TRUST
712 pupils · 870 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
23 October 2024
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 761 pupils
Attendance
90.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
9.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
25.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
5.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.6%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 44.6 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.16 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 38% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 62% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.85 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 43.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 40.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 63.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 25.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.79 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 156 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 153 | 9% | 45% | 67% | |
| English Language | 153 | 17% | 48% | 74% | |
| English Literature | 148 | 9% | 57% | 74% | |
| Combined Science | 115 | 5% | 31% | 60% | |
| Geography | 81 | 15% | 54% | 68% | |
| Art and Design | 80 | 10% | 55% | 69% | |
| History | 61 | 21% | 49% | 62% | |
| Biology | 30 | 37% | 87% | 97% | |
| Social Studies | 30 | 13% | 47% | 63% | |
| Physics | 29 | 45% | 86% | 97% | |
| Business | 29 | 0% | 31% | 59% | |
| Chemistry | 29 | 41% | 83% | 100% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Suffolk council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
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.