Sir John Leman High School

Ringsfield Road, East Suffolk, Suffolk, NR34 9PG

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About this school

Sir John Leman High School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in East Suffolk, Suffolk. The school has 1,439 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 12 May 2022). Last inspected 14 April 2026. The Headteacher is Sarah Hartshorn. The school is administered by Suffolk local authority. It belongs to KINGFISHER SCHOOLS TRUST. It opened in 1 August 2011.

School details

Headteacher

Sarah Hartshorn

Trust

KINGFISHER SCHOOLS TRUST

Local authority

Suffolk

Gender

Mixed

URN

137055

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Sir John Leman High School are handled by the school or the local authority (Suffolk). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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