St Alban's Catholic High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Ipswich, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.463 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Alban's Catholic High School is a secondary school in Ipswich, Suffolk for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 24 April 2025. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
St Alban's Catholic 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 | 1.463 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
- 19.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 31.5% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Suffolk.
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 1.463 miles away, 6th shortest of the 18 Suffolk secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- Year 7 2026 drew 142 first-choice applications for 164 offers; 129 offers went to first-choice families, and 13 first-choice families (9%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 42% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%); at A level the average grade was C (England B-).
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
- Digby Road, Ipswich, IP4 3NJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 967 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 24 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this welcoming and inclusive school.”
- “They say that school is ‘as near perfect as it could be’.”
- “Their behaviour strongly reflects the school’s high expectations of ‘learning, respecting, and caring’.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, occasionally, teaching does not build well on pupils’ prior knowledge, and this affects how well some pupils learn the curriculum.”
- “It also prevents some pupils from deepening their knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 May 2025 (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) | 42% | 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: 142 first-preference applications, 164 offers in total, 129 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.
- Copleston High School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Northgate High School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kesgrave High School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Ipswich Academy 2.4 mi Requires improvement
- Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Ormiston Endeavour Academy 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chantry Academy 3.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Westbourne Academy 3.4 mi Not judged