Chantry Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Ipswich, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.133 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Chantry Academy is a secondary school in Ipswich, Suffolk for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 30 April 2024. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Chantry Academy 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 | 1.133 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
- In 2024/25, 26% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Suffolk.
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 1.133 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 18 Suffolk secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 221 first-choice applications for 202 offers; 199 offers went to first-choice families and 22 first-choice families (10%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 38.6% of pupils, against a middle figure of 22.8% across 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
- Mallard Way, Ipswich, IP2 9LR
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 1,006 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 30 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Chantry Academy make the school a welcoming and friendly place.”
- “The school plays an influential role within the local community and is rightly proud of its inclusive ethos.”
- “Adults have high expectations for what pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), can achieve.”
To improve
- “Pupils do not always report bullying if it occurs.”
- “The school recognises that pupils have not achieved well enough in the past.”
- “A small number of pupils still do not behave well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 June 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) | 26% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 33.9 | 46 |
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: 221 first-preference applications, 202 offers in total, 199 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.
- Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Westbourne Academy 2.0 mi Not judged
- Ipswich Academy 2.6 mi Requires improvement
- Ormiston Endeavour Academy 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Copleston High School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Northgate High School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Alban's Catholic High School 3.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Holbrook Academy 4.0 mi No Ofsted grade