Graded inspection · Jun 2025 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 | Outstanding |
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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 entry320 applications · 202 places offered · 201 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.6
- 2025 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.6
- 2024 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.6
- 2023 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.6
- 2022 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.6
- 2021 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.6
- 2020 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.4
- 2019 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.5
- 2018 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2017 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2016 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Suffolk median
Dashed bars: as Stowmarket High School (URN 124818), the previous school.
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 | 202 | 320 | 1.6 | 201 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 186 | 291 | 1.6 | 214 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2024 | 185 | 265 | 1.4 | 180 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 190 | 296 | 1.6 | 219 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2022 | 188 | 285 | 1.5 | 183 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 190 | 257 | 1.4 | 186 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2020 | 176 | 241 | 1.4 | 165 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2019 | 159 | 209 | 1.3 | 144 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2018 * | 149 | 193 | 1.3 | 134 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2017 * | 114 | 179 | 1.6 | 108 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2016 * | 152 | 228 | 1.5 | 148 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2015 * | 171 | 244 | 1.4 | 153 | 0.89 |
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.) | 172 | 42.5 | 38% | 63% | – |
| 2024/25 | 178 | 40.5 | 35% | 58% | – |
| 2023/24 | 164 | 45.4 | 47% | 70% | −0.03 |
| 2022/23 | 148 | 43.0 | 39% | 64% | −0.10 |
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
- Stowmarket High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 42.5Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · SuffolkRequires improvement20231.9applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 13.3 km · Suffolk20252.2applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 13.5 km · SuffolkGood20231.6applications per place 51.5Attainment 8
- 13.6 km · SuffolkRemains Good20241.5applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 15.5 km · SuffolkGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 16.1 km · SuffolkRemains Good20221.3applications per place 40.4Attainment 8
- 16.2 km · SuffolkGood20231.9applications per place 52.6Attainment 8
- 16.3 km · SuffolkSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade20251.1applications per place 38.2Attainment 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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 145055 · 935/4048
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 901 on roll
- Free school meals
- 20.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2018
- Replaced
- Stowmarket High School (URN 124818)
- Address
- Onehouse Road, Stowmarket, IP14 1QR
- Local authority
- Suffolk · Mid Suffolk
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources