Secondary school

Newmarket Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Suffolk
  • CB8 0EB
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Jul 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,601 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 49%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 66%66%2016/17: top 73%2017/18: top 54%2018/19: top 72%2021/22: top 75%2022/23: top 76%2023/24: top 66%2024/25: top 49%No exams

Against East of England

Attainment 845.9 · East of England 45.96/10 Middle+25.9 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths45.6% · East of England 44.9%6/10 Middle+29.3 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.98 · East of England 4.015/10 Middle+8.6 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.50 · East of England −0.022/10 Well below East of England−38.9 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry · 2016/1727.36 · East of England 29.41Small cohort: 21 pupils in 2016/17 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 47.9 · 106 pupils · East of England 50.52016/17: 41.9 · 123 pupils · East of England 46.22017/18: 45.2 · 84 pupils · East of England 46.32018/19: 42.3 · 146 pupils · East of England 46.32021/22: 43.5 · 134 pupils · East of England 48.82022/23: 40.9 · 163 pupils · East of England 46.22023/24: 42.5 · 160 pupils · East of England 45.62024/25: 45.9 · 160 pupils · East of England 45.8547.940.9No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 33% · 123 pupils · East of England 41%2017/18: 39% · 84 pupils · East of England 41%2018/19: 32% · 146 pupils · East of England 40%2021/22: 38% · 134 pupils · East of England 49%2022/23: 38% · 163 pupils · East of England 43%2023/24: 38.8% · 160 pupils · East of England 43.9%2024/25: 45.6% · 160 pupils · East of England 44.9%45.6%32%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 20.56 · 14 pupils · East of England 29.022016/17: 27.36 · 21 pupils · East of England 29.4127.3620.56No exams

Not published 2017/18, 2018/19, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
119 of 119 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st119119
2nd3811
3rd352

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2023

  1. 2007Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2009Inadequateas predecessor
  3. 2010Satisfactoryas predecessor
  4. 2013Inadequateas predecessor
  5. 2017Good
  6. 2023Good

3 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

1 weak areas

  • Behaviour and attitudes

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026797
Free school meals (past 6 years)21.4%
First language not English20.8%
SEN support12.4%
EHC plan4.1%
Absence (sessions missed)7.5%
Persistently absent pupils20.1%

Girls 49.8%Boys 50.2%

88.6% full · 900 places · 20 in sixth form (2016/17)

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher19.0
Pupils per adult11.6
  • Classroom teachers 35.1
  • Leadership 6.9
  • Teaching assistants 15.5
  • Other support 25.5

Teachers 42 FTE · Whole workforce 83 · 96 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,095
Spend per pupil£7,180
Staff spend per pupil£5,531
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£744,000in-year balance

Grants £7,720 · self-generated £375 · premises £295 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: UNITY SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP (39 academies) · trust reserve £4,973,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

160 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained95%
  • Education84.4%
  • Apprenticeship7.5%
  • Employment3.1%
  • Not sustained3.1%
  • Unknown1.9%