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Sir Bobby Robson School

Special schoolAges 8–16Free school

Ipswich, IP3 9FA · Suffolk local authority

Ipswich’s School Grade C− better than 24% of towns in England

How full
60 pupils
100% of its 60 places
Free school meals
57%
57 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Sir Bobby Robson School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 57% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, June 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (IP3 9) sold for a median £245,000; Ipswich’s is £245,000

Results

DfE · GCSEs 2025/26, provisional · 12 pupils

Each bar is a group of England’s 3,224 graded secondary schools. The schools Sir Bobby Robson beats are shaded green.

Attainment 8 9.7

Average grade across 8 GCSEs ×10 · higher than 0% of schools · Suffolk avg 43.4

20304050607080England avg 47.3Sir Bobby Robson 9.7

Grade 5+ in English and maths 0%

A strong pass · higher than 0% of schools · Suffolk avg 40%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 47.3%Sir Bobby Robson 0%

Attainment 8, three years

The mark is England’s average that year

2023/24
1.6
2024/25
2
2025/26
9.7

Progress 8, 2023/24

−1 behind0 = national+1 ahead

-2.30: below average. How pupils did at GCSE against pupils nationally with the same results at 11. Not published since 2023/24 (no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021).

Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%
England’s schools 66% · Suffolk 61% · a standard pass

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

66 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
1.5%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
60.6%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 5%Boys 95%
Its letter

No letter for Sir Bobby Robson School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, June 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Sir Bobby Robson School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in IP3 9, the school’s postcode sector

Ipswich property prices →
£245,000
median sale, 371 sales in 36 months · Ipswich £245,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025IP3 9Ipswich
IP3 9Ipswich

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£315K
Semi-detached
£248K
Terraced
£230K
Flat
£148K
IP3 9Ipswich

Homes in IP3 9 sell for about the same as Ipswich’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

11 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC−C−BB+C−DDD−B−A−C−Sir Bobby Robson School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Ipswich, IP3 9FA

Sir Bobby Robson School: common questions

What is Sir Bobby Robson School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (June 2023).

How much do houses cost near Sir Bobby Robson School?

Homes in its postcode sector, IP3 9, sold for a median £245,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (371 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Ipswich’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.