SET Saxmundham School

SET Saxmundham School (formerly Saxmundham Free School) is a free school in Saxmundham, Suffolk, East Anglia,[1][2] with approximately 309 pupils.[2] It was rated "good" by Ofsted in May 2014.[3] In March 2018 Ofsted carried out a short inspection of the school where it maintained its "good" rating.[4] It opened in 2012 with 105 pupils out of a total of 312 places available.[5][6] The school now has 600 places available.[5]

SET Saxmundham School
Address
Seaman Avenue

Saxmundham
,
Suffolk
,
IP17 1DZ

England
Coordinates52.213723°N 1.482927°E / 52.213723; 1.482927
Information
TypeFree school
MottoProviding a foundation for life
Department for Education URN138273 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherMark Barrow
GenderMixed
Age11 to 16
Websitesaxmundhamschool.org.uk

Results

The School's first GCSE results, in August 2015, made it the third-worst performing school in Suffolk.[7] The school's education trust, Seckford Education 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.[6][8] 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".[7]

The School received its third set of GCSE results in 2017, and continued its trend of improving its results year on year since opening. Although not a direct comparison, due to the new GCSE measures, the results show that GCSE performance has increased at the School by 28% in 2017 compared to 2016.

The School was fourth in Suffolk for the Progress 8 measure, with a score of 0.46, meaning all students progressed to achieve half a grade higher in their GCSEs than was predicted at age 11. Progress for English and maths is also incredibly strong and significantly above National outcomes, with 89% achieving a grade 4 or above in English and 73% achieving a grade 4 or above in maths.

In August 2018 63% of pupils achieved at least a Grade 4 in English and maths GCSE.[9]

SET Saxmundham School is part of the Seckford Education Trust (The Trust) which also operates SET Beccles and SET Ixworth Schools as well as SET Causton Juniors and SET Maidstone Infants in Felixstowe. In this latest set of results, the Trust was 7th (out of 62) in the whole country in terms of student progress and was number 1 in the country for improving the performance of disadvantaged students.

References
  1. "About Us | Saxmundham Free School". Saxmundham Free School. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  2. "EduBase - Saxmundham Free School". www.education.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  3. "School Inspection Report" (PDF). Ofsted. 24 May 2014.
  4. Cornwall, Richard (24 March 2018). "Free school leadership praised as pupils make good progress in their studies". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  5. Millar, Fiona (22 September 2015). "'Free school cut through our community like a knife'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  6. "First GCSE results at Beccles and Saxmundham Free Schools - Seckford Foundation Free Schools Trust". Seckford Foundation Free Schools Trust. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  7. Hunter, Matt. "Beccles and Saxmundham free schools criticised as results are 'unacceptably low'". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  8. "Free school disappoints with 28% GCSE rate | Schools Week". schoolsweek.co.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  9. "Beccles, Ixworth and Saxmundham Free Schools celebrate GCSE results 2018 - Seckford Foundation Free Schools Trust". Seckford Foundation Free Schools Trust. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.


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