Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport, Saffron Walden

In 2026, pupils at Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.5 in Essex and 47 across England.

50% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 45% in Essex and 47% in England.

That is up from 44.9 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.23: pupils made below 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 32.5, against 52.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 19.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Art and Design.

For September 2026 entry, 70 families put Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport as their first choice and 368 named it as one of their preferences, for 135 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport is one of 22 schools run by Anglian Learning, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50 in 2024/25.

Of the 167 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 89% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 29% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 37 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 24% went on to university or other higher education, 8% to apprenticeships and 46% into work. 8% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

11.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 5.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 142 pupils (16.4%) received SEN support and 20 (2.3%) 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.

The nearest railway station is Newport (Essex) Rail Station, about 850 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is JF Academy (outside), 80 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport 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 11 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and burglary. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Essex (97).

In 2024/25, Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport issued 73 suspensions, 7.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.