Westbridge Academy, Ipswich

Across Suffolk, 93% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 98% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Suffolk lodged 177 appeals against secondary school offers; 128 reached a hearing and 22 succeeded (17.2% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to Westbridge Academy are Learning Support, Southern Area Education Office (0.9 miles); Chantry Academy (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.7); Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36); and Westbourne Academy (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 38.2).

Westbridge Academy is one of 7 schools run by Raedwald Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 9 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2021/22, 33% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 33% to a further education college and 22% into work.

The nearest railway station is Entrance, about 1100 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Wilberforce Street (adjacent), 130 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Westbridge Academy stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 518 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Suffolk (32), as is usual near a town centre.

The primary schools closest to Westbridge Academy are St Matthew's Church of England Primary School, Ipswich (0.2 miles); Handford Hall Primary School (0.3 miles); Ranelagh Primary School (0.5 miles); and Springfield Junior School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.