Academy converter · Secondary
Ipswich · IP4 3NJ · Suffolk
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
1.0 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 124840
Northgate High School
Community school · Ipswich · IP4 3DL
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
1,750
Local authority
Suffolk
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Ipswich, Suffolk, 1,750 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 19.5%.
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Overview
- School type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 124840
Location
- Address
- Sidegate Lane West
- Postcode
- IP4 3DL
- Town
- Ipswich
- County
- Suffolk
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- District
- Ipswich
- Constituency
- Ipswich
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 1,750
- Boys / girls
- 865 / 885
- School capacity
- 1,777
- Capacity fill
- 1,750 / 1,777 (98%)
- Free school meals
- 19.5%
- FSM pupils
- 247
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Rowena Mackie
- Telephone
- 01473210123
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2024-12-03
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 51.2
- Progress 8
- 0.3
- English & maths grade 5+
- 56%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 76%
- EBacc entry
- 17%
- EBacc APS
- 4.3