Alde Valley Academy
Academy sponsor led · 645 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.7
Academy sponsor led
Chantry Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,006of 1,020 places
- Free school meals
- 38.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 176
- Ofsted
- Good, 30 April 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Chantry High School (URN 124841, until 1 January 2013).
What the data says
Of the 172 pupils who finished Year 11 at Chantry Academy in 2023, 1% moved to a sixth form college, 34% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 33.9 against 46.1 across England and 42.8 in Suffolk, with 26% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in French and German add up to 16% of the year group, and 11% of pupils entered the full EBacc set of subjects (England 41%).
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 | Chantry Academy | Suffolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 172 | 7,591 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 78% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 42% | 39% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | 5% | 13% |
| — further education college | 34% | 42% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Chantry Academy | Suffolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 33.9 | 42.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 26% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 45% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 11% | 27% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.77 | 3.70 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 44% | 25% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 31.2 | 30.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 36.1 | 46.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 13% | 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 Literature | 168 | 95% | 86% | 8% | 21% | 50% |
| Mathematics | 168 | 95% | 88% | 7% | 22% | 58% |
| English Language | 167 | 95% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 53% |
| Combined Science | 144 | 82% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 29% |
| History | 101 | 57% | 41% | 4% | 26% | 30% |
| Geography | 63 | 36% | 41% | 2% | 25% | 19% |
| 3D Design | 36 | 20% | 2% | 8% | 16% | 56% |
| Music | 31 | 18% | 5% | 6% | 33% | 35% |
| Chemistry | 22 | 13% | 23% | 18% | 47% | 91% |
| Citizenship Studies | 22 | 13% | 3% | 23% | 19% | 59% |
| Biology | 22 | 13% | 23% | 14% | 45% | 86% |
| Physics | 22 | 13% | 23% | 23% | 46% | 86% |
| Computer Science | 20 | 11% | 13% | 0% | 30% | 25% |
| Religious Studies | 19 | 11% | 31% | 0% | 32% | 32% |
| French | 16 | 9% | 18% | 13% | 29% | 44% |
| Art and Design | 16 | 9% | 7% | 56% | 24% | 94% |
| Textiles | 14 | 8% | 2% | 29% | 27% | 71% |
| German | 13 | 7% | 5% | 23% | 33% | 77% |
| Statistics | 10 | 6% | 5% | 20% | 20% | 70% |
| Drama | 9 | 5% | 7% | 11% | 27% | 67% |
| Polish | 4 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Russian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childcare Skills | 71 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 67 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 60 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 45 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 13 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 4 | — | — |
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.