Alde Valley Academy
Academy sponsor led · 645 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.7
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The Ashley School
- Pupils on roll
- 203of 192 places
- Free school meals
- 56.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 25
- Ofsted
- School remains Outstanding, 11 May 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Ashley School (URN 124904, until 1 September 2011).
What the data says
Of the 20 pupils who finished Year 11 at The Ashley School in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 95% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 0.6 against 46.1 across England and 42.8 in Suffolk, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Suffolk and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | The Ashley School | Suffolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 20 | 7,591 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 95% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 39% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 5% | 13% |
| — further education college | 95% | 42% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 5% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Ashley School | Suffolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 0.6 | 42.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 27% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.00 | 3.70 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 76% | 25% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 0.6 | 30.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 0.7 | 46.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 10% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | 4 | 16% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
| Art and Design | 2 | 8% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
| English Language | 1 | 4% | 89% | — | 20% | — |
Other secondary schools in Suffolk
Beccles High School
Free schools · 182 pupils
77% stayed in education · Attainment 8 27.6
Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics
Academy sponsor led · 1,263 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.9
Breckland School
Free schools · 615 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.4
Bungay High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 922 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.7
Bury St Edmunds County High School
Academy converter · 657 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.8
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.