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Sir Bobby Robson School

Mixed · ages 8–16 · no sixth formSuffolk, East of England · Ipswich IP3 9FATrust: Unity Schools PartnershipSchool website
Pupils on roll
60of 60 places
Free school meals
56.7%
Year 11 cohort 2025
12
Ofsted
Good, 14 June 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Sir Bobby Robson School has no sixth form. Of the 8 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 75% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 2.0 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%).

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

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.

Sir Bobby Robson School
Suffolk
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureSir Bobby Robson SchoolSuffolkEngland
Pupils in the cohort87,591607,348
Any sustained destination100%93%92%
Stayed in education100%87%86%
— school sixth form0%39%34%
— sixth form college0%5%13%
— further education college75%42%37%
— other education25%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%3%3%
No sustained destination0%5%6%
Destination unknown0%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureSir Bobby Robson SchoolSuffolkEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)2.042.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%40%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%61%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%27%41%
EBacc average point score0.003.704.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort75%25%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils30.834.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils46.750.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language8%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language1083%89%0%20%10%
Biology325%23%45%
Statistics18%5%20%

Other secondary schools in Suffolk

Alde Valley Academy

Academy sponsor led · 645 pupils

80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.7

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

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.