Secondary school

IKB Academy

  • Studio School
  • ages 14–19
  • Mixed
  • Bath and North East Somerset
  • BS31 1SP
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Apr 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,808 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 86%

Top % in England, by year
2016/17: top 56%56%2017/18: top 41%41% · 2017/182018/19: top 55%2021/22: top 75%2022/23: top 95%2023/24: top 84%2024/25: top 86%No exams

Against South West

Attainment 838.3 · South West 45.52/10 Well below South West−10.9 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths31.7% · South West 44.2%2/10 Well below South West−16.8 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.02 · South West 3.981/10 Well below South West
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.54 · South West −0.021/10 Well below South West−35.4 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry29.41 · South West 33.67Small cohort: 9 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2016/17: 45 · 19 pupils · South West 45.62017/18: 47.5 · 40 pupils · South West 45.72018/19: 45.2 · 67 pupils · South West 45.82021/22: 43.5 · 56 pupils · South West 47.52022/23: 34.1 · 44 pupils · South West 45.42023/24: 38.6 · 54 pupils · South West 45.32024/25: 38.3 · 60 pupils · South West 45.4547.534.1No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 32% · 19 pupils · South West 39%2017/18: 23% · 40 pupils · South West 40%2018/19: 33% · 67 pupils · South West 39%2021/22: 41% · 56 pupils · South West 46%2022/23: 16% · 44 pupils · South West 42%2023/24: 31.5% · 54 pupils · South West 44.1%2024/25: 31.7% · 60 pupils · South West 44.2%41%16%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: withheld2016/17: 23.7 · 34 pupils · South West 30.032017/18: 28.78 · 24 pupils · South West 30.252018/19: 21.95 · 22 pupils · South West 31.572021/22: 25.4 · 25 pupils · South West 36.992022/23: 17.57 · 17 pupils · South West 33.142023/24: 26.56 · 14 pupils · South West 33.012024/25: 29.41 · 9 pupils · South West 33.6729.4117.57No exams

Withheld 2015/16

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No admissions figures or last distance offered published

Inspections · 2018–2022

  1. 2018Requires improvement
  2. 2022Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Sixth form provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026136
Free school meals (past 6 years)26.4%
First language not English3.0%
SEN support24.4%
EHC plan6.7%
Absence (sessions missed)16.8%
Persistently absent pupils38.9%

Girls 34.1%Boys 65.9%

45.3% full · 300 places · 30 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher16.4
Pupils per adult11.2
  • Classroom teachers 7.3
  • Leadership 1
  • Teaching assistants 1.9
  • Other support 3.9

Teachers 8.3 FTE · Whole workforce 14.1 · 16 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£9,496
Spend per pupil£9,652
Staff spend per pupil£7,741
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • −£21,000in-year balance

Grants £9,267 · self-generated £230 · premises £422 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: FUTURA LEARNING PARTNERSHIP (26 academies) · trust reserve £3,906,000 · 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

54 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained92.6%
  • Education74.1%
  • Apprenticeship7.4%
  • Employment11.1%
  • Not sustained5.6%
  • Unknown1.9%

After sixth form (16–18)

20 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained65%
  • Education30%
  • Higher education30%
  • Apprenticeship20%
  • Employment15%
  • Not sustained15%
  • Unknown20%