Copleston High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Ipswich, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.166 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Copleston High School is a secondary school in Ipswich, Suffolk for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 7 December 2023. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Copleston High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.166 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.166 miles from the school, the 3rd shortest of 18 Suffolk secondary schools with a published last distance.
- That 2026 Year 7 last distance was further from the school than in 2025.
- For Year 7 in 2026, there were 345 first-choice applications for 319 offers; 288 offers went to first-choice families, and 57 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 48% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Suffolk.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Suffolk schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Copleston Road, Ipswich, IP4 5HD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 1,930 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 7 December 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils reflect the inclusive ethos of the school in ‘achieving success together’.”
- “They work well collaboratively, listening and learning from one another.”
- “Pupils’ behaviour is exemplary in and out of lessons, with pupils showing mutual respect to their peers and adults alike.”
To improve
- “However, a few pupils do not attend school regularly and therefore do not always achieve as well as they should.”
- “However, some parents and carers are not always aware of the support that the school provides.”
- “However, some groups of pupils do not attend school as regularly as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 48% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.9 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 345 first-preference applications, 319 offers in total, 288 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Suffolk.
- St Alban's Catholic High School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Northgate High School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ipswich Academy 1.7 mi Requires improvement
- Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Kesgrave High School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Chantry Academy 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Ormiston Endeavour Academy 3.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Westbourne Academy 3.4 mi Not judged