Copleston High School, Ipswich

In 2026, pupils at Copleston High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 43.4 in Suffolk and 47 across England.

51% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 40% in Suffolk and 47% in England.

That is up from 46.9 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.34: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 38.9, against 51.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 345 families put Copleston High School as their first choice and 710 named it as one of their preferences, for 319 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 57 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Copleston High School are St Alban's Catholic High School (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.3); Northgate High School (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49.5); Learning Support, Southern Area Education Office (1.3 miles); and Ipswich Academy (1.7 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 40.3).

Copleston High School's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Copleston High School is one of 7 schools run by Oxlip Learning Partnership, an academy trust.

Of the 289 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 91% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 34% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 158 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 43% went on to university or other higher education, 14% to apprenticeships and 21% into work. 15% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

In 2026, 147 pupils (7.6%) received SEN support and 88 (4.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Copleston High School has a SEN unit for speech, language and communication needs: 24 places, 13 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Entrance1, about 890 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Newbury Road (o/s 60), 130 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Copleston High School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 156 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Suffolk (32), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Copleston High School issued 280 suspensions, 14.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 6 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Copleston High School are Britannia Primary School and Nursery (0.2 miles); Rose Hill Primary (0.6 miles); Broke Hall Community Primary School (0.6 miles); and St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ipswich (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.