Suffolk school rankings
Explore GCSE and A-Level results, entries and published grade rates.
GCSE rankings
Latest imported year: 2025/26. Links to all 77 schools with GCSE records in this source area, including unranked and historical records.
Ranked by Grade 7+, then Grade 8+, then Grade 9, highest first. At least 200 known entries, 90% coverage, official Attainment 8 of at least 50 and English & maths 5+ of at least 50%, no unknown entry totals and a calculable rate are required. Policy entry-coverage-ks4-v1. Read the methodology.
Independent schools are shown as Selective here because they set their own admissions criteria; this site convention does not confirm academic entrance tests. School sectors and other admissions labels follow the GIAS register snapshot of 18 October 2026, not necessarily the exam year. Non-Selective refers to the main school intake and does not rule out partial selection or sixth-form entry requirements. Classification sources.
Ranked schools (6)
| Rank | School | Admissions | School sector | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 8+ | Grade 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ipswich School | Selective | Independent | 1,076 | 61.6% | 40.3% | 21.8% |
| 2 | Ipswich High School | Selective | Independent | 460 | 42.7% | 23.9% | 8.9% |
| 3 | Sybil Andrews Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 979 | 28.5% | 16.9% | 7.4% |
| 4 | Debenham High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 1,068 | 27.9% | 15.3% | 6.0% |
| 5 | St Benedict's Catholic School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 1,360 | 27.1% | 14.8% | 5.8% |
| 6 | Hartismere School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 1,387 | 26.8% | 14.5% | 4.9% |
Not ranked (71)
| School | Admissions | School sector | Latest held | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alde Valley Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Beccles High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Bramfield House School | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Breckland School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Broadlands Hall | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; No calculable published rate; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Brookes UK | Selective | Independent | 2023/24 | No results in the latest imported year; Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Bungay High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Bury St Edmunds County High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Castle EAST School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Castle Manor Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Centre Academy East Anglia | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Chantry Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Churchill Special Free School | Not applicable | State-funded | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Claydon High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Copleston High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50 |
| Culford School | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| East Bergholt High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50 |
| East Point Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50 |
| Farlingaye High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Felixstowe International College | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Felixstowe School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Finborough School | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Framlingham College | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Gable End | Selective | Independent | 2024/25 | No results in the latest imported year; Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; No calculable published rate; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Hadleigh High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Holbrook Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Ipswich Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Ixworth High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Kesgrave High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| King Edward VI CEVC School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Mildenhall College Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| New Skill Centre | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Newmarket Academy | Not recorded | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Northgate High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50 |
| On Track Education Mildenhall | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| OneSchool Global UK Colchester Campus | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Ormiston Denes Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Ormiston Endeavour Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Ormiston Sudbury Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Pakefield High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Priory School | Not applicable | State-funded | 2024/25 | No results in the latest imported year; Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; No calculable published rate; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Royal Hospital School | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Saint Felix School | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Samuel Ward Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Set Saxmundham School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2023/24 | No results in the latest imported year; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Sir Bobby Robson School | Not applicable | State-funded | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Sir John Leman High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Sir Peter Hall School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; No calculable published rate; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| St Alban's Catholic High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| St Joseph's College | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Stoke College | Selective | Independent | 2024/25 | No results in the latest imported year; Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Stone Lodge Academy | Not applicable | State-funded | 2024/25 | No results in the latest imported year; Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; No calculable published rate; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Stour Valley Community School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Stowmarket High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Stowupland High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2023/24 | No results in the latest imported year; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Stowupland High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Stradbroke High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50 |
| Summerhill School | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; No calculable published rate; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Sunrise Academy | Not recorded | State-funded | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; No calculable published rate; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| The Ashley School | Not applicable | State-funded | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; No calculable published rate; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| The Meadows Montessori School | Selective | Independent | 2024/25 | No results in the latest imported year; Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| The Ryes College | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; No calculable published rate; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Thomas Gainsborough School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Thurston Community College | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Westbourne Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Wetheringsett Manor School | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Woodbridge Road Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Woodbridge School | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
A-Level rankings
Latest imported year: 2024/25. Links to all 33 schools with A-Level records in this source area, including unranked and historical records.
Ranked by A*–B, then A*–A, then A*, highest first. At least 60 known entries, 80% coverage, no unknown entry totals and a calculable rate are required. Policy entry-coverage-ks4-v1. Read the methodology.
Independent schools are shown as Selective here because they set their own admissions criteria; this site convention does not confirm academic entrance tests. School sectors and other admissions labels follow the GIAS register snapshot of 18 October 2026, not necessarily the exam year. Post-16 admissions identifies a standalone post-16 provider; GIAS’s school-level policy cannot establish its entry requirements. Non-Selective refers to the main school intake and does not rule out partial selection or sixth-form entry requirements. Classification sources.
Ranked schools (20)
| Rank | School | Admissions | School sector | Entries | A*–B | A*–A | A* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ipswich School | Selective | Independent | 420 | 81.5% | 50.1% | 14.0% |
| 2 | Woodbridge School | Selective | Independent | 202 | 73.1% | 52.6% | 21.7% |
| 3 | Culford School | Selective | Independent | 187 | 67.3% | 26.8% | 10.7% |
| 4 | Hartismere School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 207 | 60.7% | 26.4% | 8.4% |
| 5 | Royal Hospital School | Selective | Independent | 217 | 59.1% | 32.0% | 7.7% |
| 6 | Farlingaye High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 462 | 55.2% | 26.6% | 7.7% |
| 7 | St Benedict's Catholic School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 247 | 54.7% | 24.8% | 9.8% |
| 8 | Thomas Gainsborough School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 288 | 54.1% | 25.1% | 5.9% |
| 9 | Framlingham College | Selective | Independent | 212 | 52.8% | 28.3% | 11.7% |
| 10 | Abbeygate Sixth Form College | Post-16 admissions | State-funded | 1,394 | 48.2% | 18.0% | 4.2% |
| 11 | Northgate High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 597 | 46.0% | 21.5% | 6.4% |
| 12 | Copleston High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 409 | 44.3% | 17.2% | 3.8% |
| 13 | Thurston Community College | Non-Selective | State-funded | 196 | 43.3% | 16.1% | 4.4% |
| 14 | Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form | Non-Selective | State-funded | 318 | 42.7% | 18.0% | 4.3% |
| 15 | One Sixth Form College | Post-16 admissions | State-funded | 1,562 | 40.1% | 16.0% | 3.8% |
| 16 | Kesgrave High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 343 | 37.8% | 20.0% | 4.1% |
| 17 | Sir John Leman High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 205 | 37.1% | 17.1% | 5.3% |
| 18 | Finborough School | Selective | Independent | 104 | 32.6% | 10.1% | 1.1% |
| 19 | East Coast College | Post-16 admissions | Not recorded | 276 | 18.7% | 6.7% | 0.7% |
| 20 | Samuel Ward Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 117 | 18.0% | 5.0% | 1.0% |
Not ranked (13)
| School | Admissions | School sector | Latest held | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bungay High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2024/25 | Published coverage below 80% |
| Bury St Edmunds County High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2023/24 | No results in the latest imported year; Fewer than 60 known entries; Published coverage below 80% |
| Felixstowe International College | Selective | Independent | 2024/25 | Fewer than 60 known entries; Published coverage below 80%; No calculable published rate |
| Felixstowe School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2024/25 | Published coverage below 80% |
| Ipswich High School | Selective | Independent | 2024/25 | Published coverage below 80% |
| Mildenhall College Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2024/25 | Published coverage below 80% |
| Saint Felix School | Selective | Independent | 2024/25 | Fewer than 60 known entries; Published coverage below 80% |
| St Alban's Catholic High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2024/25 | Published coverage below 80% |
| St Joseph's College | Selective | Independent | 2024/25 | Published coverage below 80% |
| Stoke College | Selective | Independent | 2024/25 | Fewer than 60 known entries; Published coverage below 80% |
| Stowupland High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2023/24 | No results in the latest imported year; Published coverage below 80% |
| Stowupland High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2024/25 | Published coverage below 80% |
| West Suffolk College | Post-16 admissions | Not recorded | 2023/24 | No results in the latest imported year; Fewer than 60 known entries; Published coverage below 80%; No calculable published rate |