St Ivo Academy, St Ives

Coming up: an open evening on Tuesday 22 June 2027. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at St Ivo Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 51.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.3 in Cambridgeshire and 47 across England.

57% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 52% in Cambridgeshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 47.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.14: 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 35.3, against 54.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 19.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Art and Design and History.

For September 2026 entry, 169 families put St Ivo Academy as their first choice and 256 named it as one of their preferences, for 179 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to St Ivo Academy are Swavesey Village College (4.2 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 55.7); and St Peter's School (4.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.3).

St Ivo Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 2 schools.

St Ivo Academy is one of 26 schools run by Astrea Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 44.9 in 2024/25.

Of the 280 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 32% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

Of the 129 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 40% went on to university or other higher education, 7% to apprenticeships and 33% into work. 19% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

9.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (71%), Asian (8%) and Mixed (8%).

In 2026, 163 pupils (11.8%) received SEN support and 23 (1.7%) 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 a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of St Ivo Academy.

1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Ivo School (entrance), 120 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 106 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Cambridgeshire (57), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, St Ivo Academy issued 273 suspensions, 18.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to St Ivo Academy are Thorndown Primary School (0.4 miles), Westfield Junior School (0.5 miles), Eastfield Infant and Nursery School (0.6 miles) and Wheatfields Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.