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St Ivo Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,378Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137305URN

High Leys, St Ives, PE27 6RR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.4per place
close to Cambridgeshire median (1.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Cambridgeshire

256 applications for 179 places · 24th of 34 in Cambridgeshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
51.3of 90
16th of 34 in Cambridgeshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 23 April 2024Ofsted'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
1.4applications per place, Year 7
close to Cambridgeshire median (1.6) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

256 applications · 179 places offered · 169 named it first

  1. 2026 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  2. 2025 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.7
  3. 2024 1.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  4. 2023 1.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  5. 2022 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
  6. 2021 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
  7. 2020 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
  8. 2019 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  9. 2018 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  10. 2017 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
  11. 2016 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  12. 2015 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  13. 2014 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Cambridgeshire median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Cambridgeshire 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 20261792561.41690.94
Sep 20252252911.32080.92
Sep 20242803061.12080.74
Sep 20232913211.12370.81
Sep 20222933711.32500.85
Sep 20212903721.32660.92
Sep 20202954171.42870.97
Sep 20192934301.52921.00
Sep 20182944351.53081.05
Sep 20172884261.53041.06
Sep 20162924471.53321.14
Sep 20152923881.32760.95
Sep 20142934071.42690.92

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

263 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)51.316th of 34 in Cambridgeshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths57%14th of 34 in Cambridgeshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths73%
  • This school
  • Cambridgeshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.14
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)26351.357%73%–
2024/2528447.147%70%–
2023/2428048.445%66%+0.14
2022/2329347.542%68%+0.23

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
137305 · 873/4064
Trust
Astrea Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,840 pupils · 1,378 on roll
Free school meals
19.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
17 August 2011
Replaced
St Ivo School (URN 110874)
Address
High Leys, St Ives, PE27 6RR
Local authority
Cambridgeshire · Huntingdonshire

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