St Ivo Academy
St Ives, PE27 6RR · Cambridgeshire · secondary school
20th of 34 secondary schools in Cambridgeshire we can score, 35 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
Narrow the comparison to the 928 schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — a tougher field — and it places 4.9/10 among them, against 5.9/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.
How this is worked out
| Measure | Percentile | Weight | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ofsted | 52 | 35% | 1.81 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 | 47.2 · 59 | 30% | 1.77 |
| Progress 8 2023/24 | 0.14 · 60 | 25% | 1.50 |
| Attainment 8 2024/25 | 47.1 · 58 | 10% | 0.58 |
Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.
Get to know the school
How it's doing. In 2024/25, 47.2% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 47.1, against a national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was +0.14 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did better than peers starting from the same point. Ofsted rated the school Good in May 2024. Narrow the comparison to the schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — a tougher field — and it places 4.9 out of 10 among them, against 5.9 out of 10 nationally.
Beyond the classroom. Pupils access music clubs including piano, flute, drums, cello, double bass, vocal, guitar, and violin. Sports include skiing, Wimbledon tennis, golf, and cycling. Arts and music features theatre opportunities and dance productions. Trips visit Sutton Hoo, Switzerland, London, Bletchley Park, and Snowdonia.
Getting in. The school has 1493 pupils in a capacity of 1840, leaving 347 spare places. This means the school has real spare room, so a place is likely and classes are smaller than it is built for.
Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils in the music and sports programmes to ensure consistent access? What specific steps are taken to address the gap between the school’s similar-intake performance and the national average? How are class sizes managed to maintain quality given the significant number of spare places?
Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.
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