Alderwood Academy
Special / other · Ipswich · IP3 0EW
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 28 April 2026 · report published 9 June 2026
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
- School type
- Academy alternative provision converter
- Age range
- 8–14
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 0% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils
- SEN support
- 66.7% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 33.3% of pupils
- Website
- www.raedwaldtrust.org
- URN
- 144879
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
63% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 20% moved to another state school · 18% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 28 April 2026: Expected standard
- 10 February 2022: School remains Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.