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Community special school · Suffolk

Hillside Special School

  • 4–19Ages
  • 89Pupils
  • SpecialPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 124903URN

Hitchcock Place, Sudbury, CO10 1NN · School website

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 24 June 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood

Inspection history

  1. 24 June 2025
    Graded inspection, no overall grade
  2. 21 September 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

School details

Type
Community special school
Phase
Not applicable
URN · DfE number
124903 · 935/7002
Capacity
94 pupils · 89 on roll
Free school meals
48.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Hitchcock Place, Sudbury, CO10 1NN
Local authority
Suffolk · Babergh

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources