Samuel Ward Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D51
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Haverhill, CB9 0LD
- Distance
- 9.8km away
Stour Valley Community School
Cavendish Road, Clare, Sudbury, CO10 8PJ
Local ranking18th of 43 secondary schools in Suffolk
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
575
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 25 April 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 44.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 42.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 61.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 113
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 91.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 569
- Boys
- 292 (51%)
- Girls
- 277 (49%)
- Capacity
- 575 (99% full)
- SEND
- 16.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 19.3%
- EAL
- 0.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.8%
- SEN Support
- 11.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 35.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £3,982/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 92.8%
- White Other: 3.1%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.4%
- Asian Indian: 0.2%
92.8%
White British
3.1%
White Other
2.0%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Cavendish Road
Sudbury, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 136757
- UKPRN
- 10035262
- Establishment No.
- 4001
- Trust
- ANGLIAN LEARNING
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