Saxmundham Free School

Saxmundham Free School

Motto	Providing a foundation for life
Type	Free school
Headteacher	David Lees
Location	Seaman Avenue Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1DZ England Coordinates: 52°12′49″N 1°28′59″E / 52.213723°N 1.482927°E / 52.213723; 1.482927
DfE URN	138273 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11–16
Website	www.saxmundhamfreeschool.org.uk

Saxmundham Free School is a free school in Saxmundham, Suffolk, East Anglia,^[1]^[2] with approximately 245 pupils.^[2] It was rated "good" by Ofsted in May 2014.^[3] It opened in 2012 with 105 pupils out of a total of 312 places.^[4]^[5]

Results

The school's first GCSE results, in August 2015, made it the third-worst performing school in Suffolk.^[6] The school's education trust, Seckford Foundation Free Schools Trust, launched an external review in August 2015, after only 28% of the 47 pupils achieved five or more A* to C grades, including English and Maths.^[5]^[7] 19% of the pupils achieved the English Baccalaureate (EBacc). The results were criticised by Tim Coulson, regional schools commissioner for the east of England, in a warning letter. An excerpt of the letter read: "the secretary of state is satisfied that the standards of performance of pupils at Saxmundham Free School and Beccles Free School are unacceptably low".

References

↑ "About Us | Saxmundham Free School". Saxmundham Free School. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
1 2 "EduBase - Saxmundham Free School". www.education.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
↑ "School Inspection Report" (PDF). Ofsted. 24 May 2014.
↑ Millar, Fiona (2015-09-22). "‘Free school cut through our community like a knife’". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
1 2 "First GCSE results at Beccles and Saxmundham Free Schools - Seckford Foundation Free Schools Trust". Seckford Foundation Free Schools Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
↑ Hunter, Matt. "Beccles and Saxmundham free schools criticised as results are ‘unacceptably low’". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
↑ "Free school disappoints with 28% GCSE rate | Schools Week". schoolsweek.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-03-01.

Schools in Suffolk

Secondary	Alde Valley Academy Beccles Free School The Benjamin Britten High School Bungay High School Castle Manor Academy Claydon High School Copleston High School County Upper School Debenham High School East Bergholt High School East Point Academy Farlingaye High School Felixstowe Academy Hadleigh High School Hartismere School Holbrook Academy Ipswich Academy Kesgrave High School King Edward VI School Mildenhall College Academy Newmarket Academy Northgate High School Ormiston Denes Academy Ormiston Endeavour Academy Ormiston Sudbury Academy Pakefield School St Alban's RC High School St Benedict's RC Upper School Samuel Ward Academy Saxmundham Free School Sir John Leman High School Stradbroke High School Stoke High School Stour Valley Community School Stowmarket High School Stowupland High School Suffolk New Academy Thomas Gainsborough School Thomas Mills High School Thurston Community College Westbourne Academy

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Special	Ashley School The Bridge School Centre Academy East Anglia

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