Acorn Cottage The Lodge
Ipswich Road, Elmsett, Ipswich, IP7 6NY
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Education Manager
- Mr Gorton Wilmans
- Constituency
- South Suffolk
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 8
- Pupils on roll
- 1
- URN
- 130854
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Telephone
- 01473657030
About this school
Acorn Cottage The Lodge is a girls' independent special school in Ipswich. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Acorn Cottage The Lodge under its current framework. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Acorn Cottage The Lodge has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2005, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Trends over time
How Acorn Cottage The Lodge has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1 |
| 2023/24 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 3 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 1
- Pupils on SEN support
- 0
Location
Nearby schools
-
Gable End5.1 miles
Special schools · Hitcham
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The Bridge School5.2 miles
Academies · Ipswich
-
Thomas Wolsey Ormiston Academy5.3 miles
Academies · Ipswich
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Belstead House Adult Education Centre5.3 miles
Other types · Ipswich
-
Stone Lodge Academy6.0 miles
Academies · Ipswich
Other schools in Ipswich
- Alderwood Academy Academies
- Centre Academy East Anglia Special schools
- First Base Ipswich Academy Academies
- New Skill Centre Special schools
- Parkside Academy Academies
- Redstone Hall School Special schools
- Sir Bobby Robson School Free Schools
- St Christopher's Academy Academies
- Stone Lodge Academy Academies
- The Bridge School Academies
- Thomas Wolsey Ormiston Academy Academies
- Westbridge Academy Academies
Common questions
- What year groups does Acorn Cottage The Lodge teach?
- Acorn Cottage The Lodge teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a special school in Ipswich.
- Who is the education manager of Acorn Cottage The Lodge?
- The education manager of Acorn Cottage The Lodge is Mr Gorton Wilmans, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Acorn Cottage The Lodge been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Acorn Cottage The Lodge under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Acorn Cottage The Lodge?
- Acorn Cottage The Lodge has 1 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Acorn Cottage The Lodge full?
- Acorn Cottage The Lodge has capacity for 8 pupils and 1 on roll (13%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Acorn Cottage The Lodge a faith school?
- No. Acorn Cottage The Lodge has no designated religious character.
- Does Acorn Cottage The Lodge publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Acorn Cottage The Lodge. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 24 July 2026.