Secondary
Kesgrave High School
Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich, IP5 2PB
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1875 of 1850 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.6
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- EAST ANGLIAN SCHOOLS TRUST LTD
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 118.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 155.6
- Pupils per adult
- 11.8
- Pupils
- 1,841
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected December 2022
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
52%
13 points above the Ipswich average (39% across 11 schools)
49.7
6.7 above the Ipswich average (43.0 across 11 schools)
2nd of 11 by our score, among the secondary schools in Ipswich we can score - 14 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 49.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.09 |
| Entered the EBacc | 10% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 52% |
| A level average points per entry | 31.76 |
| A level students | 137 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 59% |
| 22/23 | 53% |
| 23/24 | 51% |
| 24/25 | 52% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 35.3 |
| 22/23 | 33.2 |
| 23/24 | 33.6 |
| 24/25 | 31.8 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.32 |
| 22/23 | +0.10 |
| 23/24 | +0.17 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 52.8 |
| 22/23 | 47.9 |
| 23/24 | 50.6 |
| 24/25 | 49.7 |
Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich, IP5 2PB
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Suffolk admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Julia Upton
- Address
- Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich, IP5 2PB
- Telephone
- 01473624855