East of England
Secondary schools in Suffolk
338 schools, 107,785 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 40.4.
Ofsted across Suffolk
Good159
Requires improvement12
Outstanding9
Inadequate1
No overall grade157
181 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 157 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Suffolk
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debenham High SchoolAcademy converter | Stowmarket | Good 2023 | 55.7 |
| Hartismere SchoolAcademy converter | Eye | No grade | 53 |
| Northgate High SchoolCommunity school | Ipswich | No grade | 50.6 |
| Bury St Edmunds County High SchoolAcademy converter | Bury St Edmunds | Good 2022 | 49.8 |
| St Benedict's Catholic SchoolAcademy converter | Bury St Edmunds | No grade | 49.8 |
| Kesgrave High SchoolAcademy converter | Ipswich | Good 2022 | 49.7 |
| Sybil Andrews AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bury St. Edmunds | Good 2023 | 49.5 |
| Thomas Mills High School & Sixth FormAcademy converter | Woodbridge | Good 2023 | 48.4 |
| East Bergholt High SchoolAcademy converter | Colchester | Good 2023 | 47.8 |
| Thurston Community CollegeCommunity school | Bury St Edmunds | Good 2024 | 46.9 |
| Copleston High SchoolAcademy converter | Ipswich | Good 2023 | 46.9 |
| St Alban's Catholic High SchoolAcademy converter | Ipswich | No grade | 46.9 |
| Thomas Gainsborough SchoolAcademy converter | Sudbury | No grade | 46.1 |
| Newmarket AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Newmarket | Good 2023 | 45.9 |
| King Edward VI CEVC SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Bury St Edmunds | No grade | 45.4 |
| Claydon High SchoolAcademy converter | Ipswich | No grade | 45 |
| Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and MathematicsAcademy sponsor led | Lowestoft | No grade | 44.9 |
| Sir John Leman High SchoolAcademy converter | Beccles | No grade | 44.8 |
| Stour Valley Community SchoolFree schools | Sudbury | Good 2023 | 44.5 |
| Stradbroke High SchoolAcademy converter | Eye | Good 2023 | 44.3 |
| Ixworth High SchoolFree schools | Ixworth | No grade | 44 |
| Samuel Ward AcademyAcademy converter | Haverhill | Good 2022 | 43.8 |
| Farlingaye High SchoolAcademy converter | Woodbridge | No grade | 43.8 |
| Hadleigh High SchoolAcademy converter | Ipswich | No grade | 43.6 |
| Ormiston Endeavour AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Ipswich | Good 2022 | 42.8 |
| Breckland SchoolFree schools | Brandon | Good 2022 | 42.4 |
| Bungay High SchoolAcademy converter | Bungay | No grade | 41.7 |
| Holbrook AcademyAcademy converter | Ipswich | Good 2024 | 41.2 |
| Stowupland High SchoolAcademy converter | Stowmarket | Requires improvement 2023 | 41.1 |
| Ormiston Denes AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Lowestoft | No grade | 40.5 |
| Stowmarket High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Stowmarket | No grade | 40.5 |
| Castle Manor AcademyAcademy converter | Haverhill | No grade | 40.3 |
| Westbourne AcademyAcademy converter | Ipswich | No grade | 39.7 |
| Ormiston Sudbury AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Sudbury | No grade | 39.6 |
| East Point AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Lowestoft | Good 2022 | 39.5 |
| Felixstowe SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Felixstowe | Good 2024 | 38.5 |
| Pakefield High SchoolAcademy converter | Lowestoft | Good 2023 | 38.4 |
| Ipswich AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Ipswich | Requires improvement 2024 | 37.6 |
| Mildenhall College AcademyAcademy converter | Mildenhall | Good 2024 | 37.4 |
| Stoke High School - Ormiston AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Ipswich | Good 2022 | 34.3 |
| Chantry AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Ipswich | Good 2024 | 33.9 |
| Alde Valley AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Leiston | Requires improvement 2024 | 33.7 |
| Beccles High SchoolFree schools | Beccles | Requires improvement 2024 | 27.6 |