Felixstowe School is a secondary school located in Felixstowe. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's quality of education is requires improvement, overall effectiveness, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are inadequate. The school inspection was carried out on 15/11/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 7.4%, which is 3.4 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: High Street, Felixstowe, IP11 9QR
Website: http://www.fxa.org.uk
Telephone: 01394288228
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Suffolk
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Emma Wilson-Downes
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137321

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 15/11/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 19
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1500
Number of Pupils: 1164
Number of Boys: 545
Number of Girls: 619

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 7.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 20.4% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -0.63 Confidence interval -0.81 to -0.46
Of the 213 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 202 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:17%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:94%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:32%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:40.9
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.45
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
SET Causton
Maidstone Road , IP11 9ED
3out of 4 242 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
SET Maidstone
Maidstone Road , IP11 9EG
3out of 4 610 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Grange Community Primary School
Grange Road , IP11 2LA
1out of 4 1,085 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Trimley St Mary Primary School
High Road , Trimley St Mary IP11 0ST
3out of 4 1,213 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Fairfield Infant School
High Road West , IP11 9JB
3out of 4 1,551 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Felixstowe School
High Street , IP11 9QR
1out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Felixstowe International College
Maybush House , Maybush Lane IP11 7NA
- not rated 2,690 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.