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St Alban's Catholic High School

Digby Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 3NJ

Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 21 January 2020). Last inspected 21 January 2020.

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996
Pupils
20.9%
Free school meals
1 February 2012
Opened

About this school

St Alban's Catholic High School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Ipswich, Suffolk. The school has 996 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 21 January 2020). Last inspected 21 January 2020. The Principal is Simon Corless. The school is administered by Suffolk local authority. It belongs to OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. The school has a Roman Catholic religious character. It opened in 1 February 2012.

School details

Principal
Simon Corless
Trust
OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Local authority
Suffolk
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
URN
137849

Admissions

Applications for places at St Alban's Catholic 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)

46.9
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
+0.13
Progress 8 · 2023-24
42%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
65%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
3.99
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
23%
Entering the EBacc · 2024-25
  • 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.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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