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Pakefield High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 679Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 146909URN

London Road Pakefield, Pakefield, Lowestoft, NR33 7AQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
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

175 applications for 104 places · 16th of 41 in Suffolk
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
42.3of 90
26th of 43 in Suffolk
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 27 September 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

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)

175 applications · 104 places offered · 100 named it first

  1. 2026 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.6
  2. 2025 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.6
  3. 2024 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.6
  4. 2023 1.8; Suffolk median median 1.6
  5. 2022 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.6
  6. 2021 1.8; Suffolk median median 1.6
  7. 2020 1.1; Suffolk median median 1.4
  8. 2019 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.5; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.5; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.5; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.5; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.5; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Suffolk median in 6 of 7 years.
  • This school
  • Suffolk median

Dashed bars: as Pakefield School (URN 136438), the previous school.

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 20261041751.71000.96
Sep 20251582551.61550.98
Sep 20241242422.01190.96
Sep 20231352371.81270.94
Sep 20221332281.71320.99
Sep 2021991731.8860.87
Sep 20201351491.1880.65
Sep 2019 *1011661.6970.96
Sep 2018 *1632481.51370.84
Sep 2017 *1762801.61700.97
Sep 2016 *1763442.02221.26
Sep 2015 *1762991.71801.02
Sep 2014 *1733522.02451.42

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

113 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)42.326th of 43 in Suffolk
Grade 5 or above in English and maths42%20th 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)−0.53
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)11342.342%64%–
2024/2513638.428%57%–
2023/2411939.129%54%−0.53
2022/2315536.123%52%−0.74

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
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  • 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
146909 · 935/4605
Trust
Clarion Corvus Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
900 pupils · 679 on roll
Free school meals
38.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2019
Replaced
Pakefield School (URN 136438)
Address
London Road Pakefield, Pakefield, Lowestoft, NR33 7AQ
Local authority
Suffolk · East Suffolk

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