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Kesgrave High School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,875Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136969URN

Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich, IP5 2PB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Dec 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
0.4 above Suffolk median (1.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Suffolk

600 applications for 294 places · 8th of 41 in Suffolk
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
47.0of 90
11th of 43 in Suffolk
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 6 December 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

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
2.0applications per place, Year 7
0.4 above Suffolk median (1.6) close to England median (2.2)

600 applications · 294 places offered · 338 named it first

  1. 2026 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.6
  2. 2025 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.6
  3. 2024 1.9; Suffolk median median 1.6
  4. 2023 1.8; Suffolk median median 1.6
  5. 2022 2.1; Suffolk median median 1.6
  6. 2021 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.6
  7. 2020 2.2; Suffolk median median 1.4
  8. 2019 2.3; Suffolk median median 1.5
  9. 2018 2.3; Suffolk median median 1.5
  10. 2017 2.4; Suffolk median median 1.5
  11. 2016 2.6; Suffolk median median 1.5
  12. 2015 2.4; Suffolk median median 1.5
  13. 2014 2.3; 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 20262946002.03381.15
Sep 20253035051.72750.91
Sep 20242985581.92991.00
Sep 20233085541.83131.02
Sep 20223086362.13101.01
Sep 20213086042.02840.92
Sep 20203086612.23000.97
Sep 20193086942.33241.05
Sep 20183087022.32910.94
Sep 20173087272.42880.94
Sep 20163087842.63181.03
Sep 20153087282.43131.02
Sep 20142806442.32700.96

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

306 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)47.011th of 43 in Suffolk
Grade 5 or above in English and maths48%12th of 43 in Suffolk
Grade 4 or above in English and maths69%
  • This school
  • Suffolk median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.17
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)30647.048%69%–
2024/2530749.752%72%–
2023/2430750.651%75%+0.17
2022/2330647.953%73%+0.10

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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  • 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
136969 · 935/4099
Trust
East Anglian Schools Trust Ltd
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,850 pupils · 1,875 on roll
Free school meals
15.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 August 2011
Replaced
Kesgrave High School (URN 124849)
Address
Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich, IP5 2PB
Local authority
Suffolk · East Suffolk

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