St Ivo Academy

Academy converter·Secondary school St Ives, Cambridgeshire·PE27 6RR
Composite score
58.9
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#1,328
National rank
#140
In East of England
#20
In Cambridgeshire
Top 42%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
47.1
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
47%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
70%
% EBacc grade 5+
25%
EBacc average points score
4.44

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
169 first choices, 179 places
First choices per place
0.94
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
256
any preference, for 179 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8520220.8120230.7420240.9220250.942026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Ivo Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,493
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.6%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
10.3%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.9%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.5%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.0%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
24.4%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.5
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£6,831
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
90%
293 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
86%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

St Ivo Academy is a secondary school serving St Ives, Cambridgeshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 1,493 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated St Ivo Academy 'Good'. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 47.1 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 1.3 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 42% of secondary schools nationally.

47% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 70% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Ivo Academy their first choice was offered one of its 179 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 90% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.0%. There are about 18.5 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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