St Alban's Catholic High School
Ipswich · Suffolk
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St Alban's Catholic High School is a secondary academy in Ipswich, Suffolk. View current jobs, teaching vacancies and school support roles posted by the school.
OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST is a Multi-academy trust. The trust operates 9 member schools: 7 primary schools, 2 secondary schools. Local authorities: Cambridgeshire | Suffolk. Regions: East of England. — from the OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST public record.
St Alban's Catholic High School is a secondary academy in Ipswich, Suffolk, part of OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. It has no live vacancies on SchoolJobs right now.
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School information
- Official name
- St Alban's Catholic High School
- Address
- Digby Road
- Postcode
- IP4 3NJ
- Country
- England
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Parliamentary constituency
- Ipswich
- URN (official identifier)
- 137849
- Establishment number
- 4603
- School status
- Open
- Education phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18 years
- Gender intake
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Number of pupils
- 967
- As of November 2026
- Capacity
- 1020
- School type
- Academy (converter)
- Governance
- Academy
- Academy trust
- OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Simon Corless
- Ofsted inspection
- Standards maintained · Inspected 24 Apr 2025Source: Ofsted management information · 30 Sep 2026 · Open Government Licence v3.0
- Official website
- www.st-albans.suffolk.sch.uk
- Telephone
- 01473726178
- Date opened
- 1 Feb 2012
Source: get-information-schools.service.gov.uk . Official data last refreshed November 2026.
Pupils at St Alban's Catholic High School
| 2025/26 | This school | Suffolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils | 967 | 102,135 | 8,355,420 |
| Eligible for free school meals | 19.2% | 22.8% | 26.5% |
| SEN support | 10.0% | 13.8% | 14.6% |
| Education, health and care plan (EHCP) | 3.0% | 6.7% | 5.9% |
| First language other than English (EAL) | 40.5% | 12.0% | 21.6% |
Local authority and England figures are calculated from the same DfE school-level files across state-funded schools.
Source: Department for Education, Schools, pupils and their characteristics and Special educational needs in England , academic year 2025/26. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ofsted inspection history
6 published inspections for St Alban's Catholic High School, including inspections of the school it replaced.
· Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools
Read report- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes
- Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
- Standards maintained
Report published 21 May 2025
· Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Read reportOverall effectiveness: Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Good
Report published 23 Feb 2020
· Maintained Academy and School Short inspection
Read reportOverall effectiveness: Requires improvement
- Outcomes for pupils
- Requires improvement
- 16 to 19 study programmes
- Requires improvement
- Is safeguarding effective
- Yes
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Personal development, behaviour and welfare
- Good
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment
- Requires improvement
Report published 20 Oct 2017
· S5 Inspection
Read reportOverall effectiveness: Good
- Pupils' achievement
- Good
- Quality of teaching
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Behaviour and safety of pupils
- Outstanding
Report published 13 Jun 2013
· S5 Inspection
Read reportInspected as St Alban's Catholic High School (URN 124864)
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding
- Pupils' achievement
- Outstanding
- Quality of teaching
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and safety of pupils
- Outstanding
Report published 8 Jan 2010
· S5 Inspection
Read reportInspected as St Alban's Catholic High School (URN 124864)
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding
- Pupils' achievement
- Outstanding
- Quality of teaching
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and safety of pupils
- Outstanding
Report published 20 Mar 2007
Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (files from 2005 to the latest monthly release; data checked 6 Nov 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Pupil absence at St Alban's Catholic High School
| 2025/26 (autumn and spring term) | This school | Suffolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence (sessions missed) | 7.2% | 8.8% | 8.0% |
| Persistent absence (pupils missing 10%+) | 19.3% | 23.3% | 21.6% |
Local authority and England figures are for state-funded secondary schools in the same release.
Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England , 2025/26 autumn and spring terms. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Pupil premium at St Alban's Catholic High School
Deprivation pupil premium allocation for 2026 to 2027: £191,400 for 174 eligible pupils.
| Financial year 2026-27 | This school | Suffolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils eligible | 20.1% | 24.1% | 27.7% |
| Allocation per pupil on roll | £221 | £323 | £370 |
Deprivation pupil premium only; service child and looked-after children premiums are not published per school. Local authority and England figures use the same file.
Source: Department for Education, Pupil premium allocations 2026 to 2027 (September 2026) . Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
School finances at St Alban's Catholic High School
2024/25 academic year (academy accounts return) · Secondary · 996 pupils. Excludes the trust's central costs.
| This school | Suffolk average (per pupil · % of spend) | England average (per pupil · % of spend) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £7,572,000 £7,602 per pupil | £7,981 | £8,283 |
| Total spending | £7,328,000 £7,357 per pupil | £7,485 | £7,843 |
| Teaching staff | £4,580,000 £4,598 per pupil · 62.5% | £4,487 · 60.0% | £4,419 · 56.3% |
| Education support staff | £463,000 £465 per pupil · 6.3% | £601 · 8.0% | £788 · 10.0% |
| Supply and agency staff | £282,000 £283 per pupil · 3.8% | £157 · 2.1% | £161 · 2.0% |
| …of which agency supply | £158,000 £159 per pupil · 2.2% | £131 · 1.7% | £132 · 1.7% |
| In-year balance | £244,000 | ||
| Revenue reserve | £799,000 | ||
Previous year (2023/24): spending £6,707 per pupil, supply and agency £217 per pupil — spending up £651 per pupil on 2023/24.
Finance data is from the official return for that year and may not reflect the school's current position. Averages are pupil-weighted and use the same return, year and phase.
Full detail on DfE's Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool · Local authority finance averages
Source: Department for Education, Academies Accounts Return 2024/25 via FBIT data sources, checked 6 Nov 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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