Stowupland High School, Stowmarket

Overview

Stowupland High School is a state-funded school (academy converter) in Stowmarket, East of England, for pupils aged 11–18. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.

School details

Official establishment type: Academy converter
Establishment group: Academies
Phase of education: Secondary
Age range: Ages 11–18
Gender of entry: Mixed
Boarding: No boarders
Sixth form: Yes
School capacity: 1,085
Pupils on roll: 846
URN: 151384

Admissions

Admissions policy: Non-selective
Local authority: Suffolk
Academy trust or group: OXLIP LEARNING PARTNERSHIP

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School places

DfE school capacity survey · May 2025 (2024/25)

Capacity at survey date: 1,191
Pupils on roll: 896
Unfilled places at survey date: 295

A dated snapshot from the Department for Education school capacity survey, separate from the school details above. Unfilled places at the survey date do not mean places are currently available for admission. About this data

Official admissions data

Applications & demand

Preferences expressed by families through coordinated admissions, shown over time.

2026/27 admissions · Year 7

First preferences: 120
Total preferences: 244
Offers made: 126

First preferences compared with offers

0.95 first preferences per offer

120 first preferences and 126 offers were recorded for 2026/27.

What does this mean?

This is the Department for Education's own published comparison of first preferences with total offers recorded. It indicates the level of requests made through coordinated admissions. Offers are not necessarily the school's maximum capacity, admissions arrangements vary between local authorities, the figure is not a measure of school quality, and it should not be used on its own to judge the likelihood of gaining a place.

First preferences over time

Latest five available admissions years. Missing years are not estimated.

Admissions history

Admissions year	First preferences	Total preferences	Offers made
2026/27	120	244	126
2025/26	123	235	152

Source: Department for Education · Applications and offers data.

Official performance data

School performance

Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.

2024/25 results

Attainment 8 score
School
41.1
England
47.1
Pupils included: 173
Grade 5 or above in English & maths
School
39.9%
England
46.5%
Pupils included: 173
Grade 4 or above in English & maths
School
59.5%
England
66.4%
Pupils included: 173
Entering the EBacc
School
31.8%
England
41.5%
Pupils included: 173

Progress 8 was not published for 2024/25.

Source: Department for Education · School performance data.

Official inspection data

Ofsted inspections

Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.

Ofsted inspection

Inspected 10 January 2023 · Published 14 January 2024

Original education inspection framework (September 2019 to August 2024)

This inspection relates to a predecessor school, Stowupland High School. It is not a judgement about the school under its current identity.

Overall effectiveness

Requires improvement

This is a historical Ofsted judgement given under the previous inspection framework. It is not a School Nest rating.

Quality of education: Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement
Personal development: Requires improvement
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Requires improvement
Safeguarding was effective: Yes
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Good

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School Nest shows the inspection information Ofsted currently publishes for this school. It is not a complete record of every inspection the school has ever had.

Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school

SEND and additional needs

Types of special educational need recorded in the official dataset. These describe recorded provision, not a judgement of quality.

MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty

Location

Address: Church Road, Stowupland, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 4BQ
Local authority: Suffolk
Area: Schools in Mid Suffolk

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