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Copleston High School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,930Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136827URN

Copleston Road, Ipswich, IP4 5HD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodApr 2013
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Dec 2023
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
0.6 above Suffolk median (1.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Suffolk

710 applications for 319 places · 6th of 41 in Suffolk
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
48.3of 90
8th of 43 in Suffolk
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodApr 2013
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Dec 2023

Inspection history

  1. 7 December 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 24 April 2013
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.2applications per place, Year 7
0.6 above Suffolk median (1.6) close to England median (2.2)

710 applications · 319 places offered · 345 named it first

  1. 2026 2.2; Suffolk median median 1.6
  2. 2025 2.2; Suffolk median median 1.6
  3. 2024 2.3; Suffolk median median 1.6
  4. 2023 2.1; Suffolk median median 1.6
  5. 2022 2.3; Suffolk median median 1.6
  6. 2021 2.4; Suffolk median median 1.6
  7. 2020 2.1; Suffolk median median 1.4
  8. 2019 2.5; Suffolk median median 1.5
  9. 2018 2.4; Suffolk median median 1.5
  10. 2017 2.4; Suffolk median median 1.5
  11. 2016 2.5; Suffolk median median 1.5
  12. 2015 2.4; Suffolk median median 1.5
  13. 2014 2.1; Suffolk median median 1.5
More applications per place than the Suffolk median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Suffolk median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20263197102.23451.08
Sep 20253156852.23571.13
Sep 20243197372.33571.12
Sep 20233266882.13371.03
Sep 20223267382.33240.99
Sep 20213267912.43661.12
Sep 20203266942.13331.02
Sep 20192927322.53621.24
Sep 20182896802.43301.14
Sep 20172926892.43711.27
Sep 20162897122.53401.18
Sep 20152937072.43381.15
Sep 20142936062.12750.94

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

316 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)48.38th of 43 in Suffolk
Grade 5 or above in English and maths51%6th of 43 in Suffolk
Grade 4 or above in English and maths71%
  • This school
  • Suffolk median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.34
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)31648.351%71%–
2024/2532046.948%70%–
2023/2428949.253%73%+0.34
2022/2329551.055%77%+0.56

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

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School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136827 · 935/4092
Trust
Oxlip Learning Partnership
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,780 pupils · 1,930 on roll
Free school meals
19.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
SEN unit
Opened
1 July 2011
Replaced
Copleston High School (URN 124842)
Address
Copleston Road, Ipswich, IP4 5HD
Local authority
Suffolk · Ipswich

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources