UK Schools
Westbourne Academy
Westbourne Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Ipswich, Suffolk County Council, teaching 989 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded quality of education as Inadequate at its most recent inspection in June 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 39.7 (England 46.1). Its 2025–2026 calendar lists 11 holidays and 5 INSET days.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Westbourne Academy.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Westbourne Academy.
- 1–2 Staff Training (Non-Pupil Days)
- 3 First Day of Autumn Term
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 3 Staff Training (Non-Pupil Day)
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day
- 5 Staff Training (Non-Pupil Day)
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 26 Staff Training (Non-Pupil Day)
- 20 Staff Training (Non-Pupil Day)
- 27–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff Training (Non-Pupil Days) Sep 1-2, 2025 Inset Day
- First Day of Autumn Term Sep 3, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Staff Training (Non-Pupil Day) Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
- Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Staff Training (Non-Pupil Day) Jun 26, 2026 Inset Day
- Staff Training (Non-Pupil Day) Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Holiday Jul 27 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Staff Training (Non-Pupil Day) Nov 3, 2025 Inset Day
- New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
- Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Westbourne Academy with Suffolk County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 39.7 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Suffolk County Council England
Attendance 35.6% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Suffolk County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 85% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Suffolk County Council England
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 Westbourne Academy. 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 Westbourne Academy 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.