The Ryes College
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Location
- Sudbury, CO10 5NA
- Distance
- 7.7km away
Hillside Special School
Hitchcock Place, Sudbury, CO10 1NN
Ofsted: Strong
Independent
Phase
86
Capacity
4-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 24 June 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Cohort Size
- 4
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 86
- Boys
- 59 (69%)
- Girls
- 27 (31%)
- Capacity
- 86 (100% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 45.2%
- EAL
- 5.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 7.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 12.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £25,901/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 84.7%
- White Other: 7.1%
- Black Other: 2.4%
- Other: 2.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.2%
- Asian Indian: 1.2%
- Black African: 1.2%
84.7%
White British
7.1%
White Other
2.4%
Black Other
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Hitchcock Place
Sudbury, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 124903
- UKPRN
- 10015741
- Establishment No.
- 7002
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