Academy converter · Suffolk

Hadleigh High School

11–16Ages
712Pupils
SecondaryPhase
136918URN

Highlands Road, Hadleigh, Ipswich, IP7 5HU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodOct 2015

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Oct 2024

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.3per place

0.4 below Suffolk median (1.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Suffolk

162 applications for 128 places · 36th of 41 in Suffolk

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

45.6of 90

Suffolk 43.6 England 46.0

16th of 43 in Suffolk

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodOct 2015

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Oct 2024

Inspection history

23 October 2024
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
20 October 2015
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

1.3applications per place, Year 7

0.4 below Suffolk median (1.6) 1.0 below England median (2.2)

162 applications · 128 places offered · 120 named it first

2026 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.6
2025 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.6
2024 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.6
2023 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.6
2022 1.2; Suffolk median median 1.6
2021 1.2; Suffolk median median 1.6
2020 1.2; Suffolk median median 1.4
2019 1.1; Suffolk median median 1.5
2018 1.2; Suffolk median median 1.5
2017 1.2; Suffolk median median 1.5
2016 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.5
2015 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.5
2014 1.2; Suffolk median median 1.5

More applications per place than the Suffolk median in 0 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	128	162	1.3	120	0.94
Sep 2025	144	187	1.3	138	0.96
Sep 2024	142	181	1.3	135	0.95
Sep 2023	151	196	1.3	141	0.93
Sep 2022	145	176	1.2	137	0.94
Sep 2021	152	186	1.2	146	0.96
Sep 2020	163	195	1.2	142	0.87
Sep 2019	168	187	1.1	149	0.89
Sep 2018	143	169	1.2	126	0.88
Sep 2017	152	189	1.2	145	0.95
Sep 2016	167	223	1.3	166	0.99
Sep 2015	169	227	1.3	186	1.10
Sep 2014	148	179	1.2	141	0.95

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

142 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)45.616th of 43 in Suffolk

Suffolk 43.6 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths40%21st of 43 in Suffolk

Suffolk 40% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths69%

Suffolk 62% England 66%

This school
Suffolk median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.16

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	142	45.6	40%	69%	–
2024/25	156	43.6	40%	64%	–
2023/24	165	44.6	38%	62%	−0.16
2022/23	139	46.3	40%	63%	−0.01

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

Hadleigh High SchoolThis school
This school

Standards maintained2024

1.3applications per place 45.6Attainment 8
East Bergholt High School
8.3 km · Suffolk

Remains Good2023

2.3applications per place 49.8Attainment 8
Chantry Academy
11.3 km · Suffolk

Good2024

1.6applications per place 36.7Attainment 8
Westbourne Academy
11.3 km · Suffolk

Special measures Graded · no overall grade2025

1.1applications per place 38.2Attainment 8
Claydon High School
12.5 km · Suffolk

2025

2.2applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy
12.6 km · Suffolk

2026

1.2applications per place 36.0Attainment 8
Ormiston Endeavour Academy
12.8 km · Suffolk

Remains Good2022

1.3applications per place 40.4Attainment 8
Manningtree High School
12.8 km · Essex

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.4applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
Holbrook Academy
14.4 km · Suffolk

2026

1.7applications per place 40.1Attainment 8

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

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School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 136918 · 935/4017
Trust: Penrose Learning Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 870 pupils · 712 on roll
Free school meals: 23.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 July 2011
Replaced: Hadleigh High School (URN 124795)
Address: Highlands Road, Hadleigh, Ipswich, IP7 5HU
Local authority: Suffolk · Babergh

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