Secondary
Chantry Academy
Mallard Way, Ipswich, IP2 9LR
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1006 of 1020 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.5
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Trust
- THE ACTIVE LEARNING TRUST LIMITED
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 46.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 69.1
- Pupils per adult
- 13.8
- Pupils
- 950
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 April 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
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)Earlier inspections1
November 2018
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
26%
13 points below the Ipswich average (39% across 11 schools)
33.9
9.1 below the Ipswich average (43.0 across 11 schools)
8th 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 | 33.9 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.77 |
| Entered the EBacc | 11% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 45% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 26% |
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 | 27% |
| 22/23 | 21% |
| 23/24 | 32% |
| 24/25 | 26% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.77 |
| 22/23 | -0.59 |
| 23/24 | -0.51 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 37.4 |
| 22/23 | 34.6 |
| 23/24 | 35.5 |
| 24/25 | 33.9 |
Mallard Way, Ipswich, IP2 9LR
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
- Principal
- Jeremy Rowe
- Address
- Mallard Way, Ipswich, IP2 9LR
- Telephone
- 01473687181