UK Schools
St Alban's Catholic High School
St Alban's Catholic High School is a mixed secondary academy in Ipswich, Suffolk County Council, teaching 967 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in January 2020. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 46.9 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for St Alban's Catholic High School.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for St Alban's Catholic High School.
- 1–2 Staff Training Days
- 3 Term Begins (Years 7, 12 and 13)
- 4 Term Begins (Whole School Return)
- 27–31 Autumn Half-term Break
- 19 Autumn Term Ends
- 20–31 Christmas Holiday
- 1–5 Christmas Holiday
- 5 Staff Training Day
- 6 Spring Term Begins
- 16–20 Spring Half-term Break
- 27 Spring Term Ends
- 28–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–13 Easter Holiday
- 13 Staff Training Day
- 14 Summer Term Begins
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half-term Break
- 17 Summer Term Ends
- 18–31 Summer Holiday
- 20 Staff Training Day
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–2 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff Training Days Sep 1-2, 2025 Inset Day
- Term Begins (Years 7, 12 and 13) Sep 3, 2025 Term
- Term Begins (Whole School Return) Sep 4, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half-term Break Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Term Ends Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 5, 2026 Holiday
- Staff Training Day Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
- Spring Term Begins Jan 6, 2026 Term
- Spring Half-term Break Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term Ends Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Mar 28 - Apr 13, 2026 Holiday
- Staff Training Day Apr 13, 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Term Begins Apr 14, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half-term Break May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Ends Jul 17, 2026 Term
- Summer Holiday Jul 18 - Sep 2, 2026 Holiday
- Staff Training Day Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare St Alban's Catholic High School with Suffolk County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 46.9 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 31.65 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 22.6% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 96% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 86% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for St Alban's Catholic High School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to St Alban's Catholic High School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.