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Farlingaye High School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,861Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136834URN

Ransom Road, Woodbridge, IP12 4JX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.7per place
close to Suffolk median (1.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Suffolk

482 applications for 293 places · 17th of 41 in Suffolk
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
45.2of 90
18th of 43 in Suffolk
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 12 May 2026Published 21 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 12 May 2026
    Report card · 2 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 1 March 2022
    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
1.7applications per place, Year 7
close to Suffolk median (1.6) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

482 applications · 293 places offered · 282 named it first

  1. 2026 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.6
  2. 2025 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.6
  3. 2024 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.6
  4. 2023 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.6
  5. 2022 1.8; Suffolk median median 1.6
  6. 2021 1.9; Suffolk median median 1.6
  7. 2020 2.1; Suffolk median median 1.4
  8. 2019 2.1; Suffolk median median 1.5
  9. 2018 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.5
  10. 2017 2.1; Suffolk median median 1.5
  11. 2016 2.1; Suffolk median median 1.5
  12. 2015 2.2; Suffolk median median 1.5
  13. 2014 2.1; Suffolk median median 1.5
More applications per place than the Suffolk median in 12 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 20262934821.72820.96
Sep 20252954701.62920.99
Sep 20242995031.73081.03
Sep 20233065101.73201.05
Sep 20222865081.82851.00
Sep 20213085761.93251.06
Sep 20203086302.13861.25
Sep 20193076352.13761.22
Sep 20182985962.03301.11
Sep 20172976282.13631.22
Sep 20162966102.13201.08
Sep 20152906302.23431.18
Sep 20142915962.13551.22

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

307 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)45.218th of 43 in Suffolk
Grade 5 or above in English and maths42%19th of 43 in Suffolk
Grade 4 or above in English and maths64%
  • This school
  • Suffolk median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.15
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)30745.242%64%–
2024/2529943.840%62%–
2023/2430545.544%70%−0.15
2022/2330848.143%70%+0.04

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

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136834 · 935/4076
Trust
East Anglian Schools Trust Ltd
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,975 pupils · 1,861 on roll
Free school meals
18.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 July 2011
Replaced
Farlingaye High School (URN 124836)
Address
Ransom Road, Woodbridge, IP12 4JX
Local authority
Suffolk · East Suffolk

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