Alde Valley Academy
Academy sponsor led · 645 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.7
Academy sponsor led
East Point Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 846of 1,200 places
- Free school meals
- 44.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 150
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 10 February 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Kirkley Community High School (URN 124827, until 1 September 2011).
What the data says
Of the 172 pupils who finished Year 11 at East Point Academy in 2023, 22% moved to a sixth form college, 58% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 26% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 39.5 against 46.1 across England and 42.8 in Suffolk, with 43% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 | East Point Academy | Suffolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 172 | 7,591 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 3% | 39% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 22% | 5% | 13% |
| — further education college | 58% | 42% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | East Point Academy | Suffolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 39.5 | 42.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 43% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 37% | 27% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.43 | 3.70 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 41% | 25% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 31.0 | 30.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 45.5 | 46.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 5% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 150 | 100% | 89% | 11% | 20% | 65% |
| Mathematics | 150 | 100% | 88% | 10% | 22% | 69% |
| English Literature | 147 | 98% | 86% | 12% | 21% | 57% |
| Combined Science | 121 | 81% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 45% |
| History | 92 | 61% | 41% | 7% | 26% | 38% |
| Geography | 59 | 39% | 41% | 3% | 25% | 49% |
| Spanish | 55 | 37% | 19% | 5% | 27% | 53% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 39 | 26% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 49% |
| Chemistry | 27 | 18% | 23% | 19% | 47% | 93% |
| Physics | 27 | 18% | 23% | 7% | 46% | 85% |
| Biology | 27 | 18% | 23% | 7% | 45% | 96% |
| Statistics | 20 | 13% | 5% | 5% | 20% | 75% |
| Fine Art | 19 | 13% | 9% | 0% | 28% | 42% |
| Graphic Communication | 14 | 9% | 1% | 7% | 23% | 29% |
| Textiles | 13 | 9% | 2% | 0% | 27% | 31% |
| Design and Technology | 7 | 5% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 29% |
| Portuguese | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| French | 1 | 1% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports / Movement Science | 60 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 48 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 19 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 13 | — | — |
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.