Stowupland High School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F39
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Stowmarket, IP14 4BQ
- Distance
- 3.1km away
Stowmarket High School
Onehouse Road, Stowmarket, IP14 1QR
Local ranking12th of 43 secondary schools in Suffolk
Ofsted: Strong
Secondary
Phase
1203
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 10 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
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 40.5 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 35.4% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 58.4% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 34.8% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.5 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 178
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
A-Level Results
2021-22*Data not available for 2024-25 — showing latest available results
- 16-18 Cohort
- 1
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 896
- Boys
- 454 (51%)
- Girls
- 442 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1203 (74% full)
- SEND
- 18.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.8%
- EAL
- 5.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.8%
- SEN Support
- 14.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 52.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,158/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 89.2%
- White Other: 4.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.5%
- Asian Indian: 1.1%
- Black African: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
- Mixed Other: 0.5%
89.2%
White British
4.1%
White Other
1.5%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Onehouse Road
Stowmarket, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 145055
- UKPRN
- 10065173
- Establishment No.
- 4048
- Trust
- KINGFISHER SCHOOLS TRUST
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