Westbridge Academy
Westbridge Academy is an academy alternative provision converter in Ipswich for boys and girls aged 14 to 16. It has 0 pupils and room for 22. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2024.
London Road, Ipswich, IP1 2HE01473 251329Ms Emily Duque headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 18 April 2024 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Suffolk council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 0% | 75% | – | – | 67% | 60% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 11% | 13% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 100% | 0% | 0% | 44% | 47% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 56% | 40% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 9 pupils who left in 2021/22 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 50%, compared with – for everyone else.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers |
|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 56% | 50% |
| Education | 33% | 10% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 20% |
| Work | 22% | 20% |
| Not in education, work or training | 33% | 30% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Matthew's Church of England Primary School, Ipswich | Academy | 380 m | 407 | Good 2023 | 18 | Compare |
| Handford Hall Primary School | Academy | 410 m | 360 | Good 2023 | 62 | Compare |
| Ipswich School | Independent (grammar) | 790 m | 966 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Ranelagh Primary School | Council | 860 m | 281 | Good 2022 | 5 | Compare |
| Springfield Junior School | Academy | 990 m | 354 | No overall grade 2025 | 20 | Compare |
| Springfield Infant School and Nursery | Academy | 0.6 miles | 287 | Report card 2026 | 22 | Compare |
| St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ipswich | Church of England | 0.8 miles | 413 | Good 2024 | 51 | Compare |
| Redstone Hall School | Independent | 0.8 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Westbridge Academy a good school?
Westbridge Academy doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in April 2024.
What is Westbridge Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Westbridge Academy good at its last full inspection on 18 April 2024.
How many pupils does Westbridge Academy have?
0 pupils aged 14 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 22 places, so it is 0% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- London Road, Ipswich, IP1 2HE
- Telephone
- 01473 251329
- Headteacher
- Ms Emily Duque
- Type of school
- Academy alternative provision converter (Academy alternative provision converter, academies)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 14-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Raedwald Trust (7 schools)
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Ward
- Westgate
- Constituency
- Ipswich
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 May 2016 (academy converter)
- URN
- 142808 · LAESTAB 9351102 · UKPRN 10056459
- Formerly
- Westbridge Pupil Referral Unit
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.