Ixworth High School
Free schools secondary school in Ixworth (Suffolk).
Attainment 8
39.7
▼ 6.5 England 2025/26 provisional: 46.2
2025/26 provisional
English & maths 5+
32.3%
▼ 14pp England 2025/26 provisional: 46.3%
2025/26 provisional
Attendance rate
90.7%
▼ 1pp England 2024/25: 91.6%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
15.2
▼ 1.5 England 2025/26: 16.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
22.3%
▼ 5pp England 2025/26: 27.3%
school census 15/01/2026
Teacher turnover
21.4%
▲ 7pp England 2024/25: 14.2% (secondary schools)
2024/25
Capacity
85%
512 / 600 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Ofsted
No overall grade
inspected Apr 2025
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Ixworth High School is a secondary school located in Ixworth, Suffolk. The school caters for boys and girls aged 11 to 16 and currently has 547 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 600. It is part of the SAPIENTIA EDUCATION TRUST. The school is led by Mr Alistair Gibb.
Key facts
- URN
- 140047
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 2014
Governing body
No governance records are published for this school in the DfE data we hold.
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