Graded inspection · Apr 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Suffolk
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
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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.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry183 applications · 112 places offered · 116 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.6
- 2025 1.8; Suffolk median median 1.6
- 2024 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.6
- 2023 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.6
- 2022 2.1; Suffolk median median 1.6
- 2021 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.6
- 2020 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.4
- 2019 2.1; Suffolk median median 1.5
- 2018 2.2; Suffolk median median 1.5
- 2017 1.9; Suffolk median median 1.5
- 2016 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.5
- 2015 1.8; Suffolk median median 1.5
- 2014 2.2; Suffolk median median 1.5
- This school
- Suffolk median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 112 | 183 | 1.6 | 116 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2025 | 114 | 199 | 1.8 | 130 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2024 | 109 | 177 | 1.6 | 99 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2023 | 115 | 226 | 2.0 | 139 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2022 | 116 | 245 | 2.1 | 125 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2021 | 115 | 235 | 2.0 | 142 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2020 | 115 | 233 | 2.0 | 132 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2019 | 115 | 238 | 2.1 | 137 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2018 | 115 | 253 | 2.2 | 152 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2017 | 115 | 214 | 1.9 | 116 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2016 | 113 | 229 | 2.0 | 117 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2015 | 114 | 203 | 1.8 | 97 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2014 | 113 | 245 | 2.2 | 151 | 1.34 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 113 | 44.5 | 43% | 61% | – |
| 2024/25 | 113 | 44.5 | 43% | 60% | – |
| 2023/24 | 115 | 47.4 | 49% | 69% | −0.14 |
| 2022/23 | 118 | 47.6 | 43% | 60% | −0.05 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Stour Valley Community SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.6applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
- 9.8 km · SuffolkGood20221.3applications per place 38.2Attainment 8
- 10.5 km · Suffolk20261.5applications per place 43.2Attainment 8
- 10.6 km · EssexRemains Good20231.6applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 11.1 km · SuffolkStandards maintained20241.8applications per place 39.5Attainment 8
- 12.8 km · SuffolkGraded · no overall grade20241.5applications per place 46.7Attainment 8
- 15.3 km · EssexGraded · no overall grade20241.6applications per place 46.5Attainment 8
- 20.5 km · SuffolkStandards maintained20241.8applications per place 42.4Attainment 8
- 21.1 km · Suffolk20262.4applications per place 44.8Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136757 · 935/4001
- Trust
- Anglian Learning
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 575 pupils · 569 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 6 September 2011
- Address
- Cavendish Road, Clare, Sudbury, CO10 8PJ
- Local authority
- Suffolk · West Suffolk
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources