Academy converter · Secondary
Ipswich · IP4 5HD · Suffolk
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
0.6 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 137849
St Alban's Catholic High School
Academy converter · Ipswich · IP4 3NJ
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
967
Local authority
Suffolk
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- 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 academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Ipswich, Suffolk, 967 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 20.6%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Diocese of East Anglia.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 137849
Location
- Address
- Digby Road
- Postcode
- IP4 3NJ
- 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
- 967
- Boys / girls
- 453 / 514
- School capacity
- 1,020
- Capacity fill
- 967 / 1,020 (95%)
- Free school meals
- 20.6%
- FSM pupils
- 177
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of East Anglia
- Governance
- Academy trust: OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Contact
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Simon Corless
- Telephone
- 01473726178
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
Good
Inspection date
2020-01-21
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- 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
- 48.9
- Progress 8
- 0.1
- English & maths grade 5+
- 51%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 66%
- EBacc entry
- 32%
- EBacc APS
- 4.3