Stone Lodge Academy
Stone Lodge Lane West, Ipswich, IP2 9HW
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special sponsor led
- Ages
- 5 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- EASTERN EDUCATION GROUP TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sharron White
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- West Suffolk College
- Constituency
- Ipswich
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 173
- Pupils on roll
- 175
- URN
- 141407
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01473601175
About this school
Stone Lodge Academy is a special academy in Ipswich. It teaches children aged 5 to 16 and has 175 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding
- Not effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: serious weaknesses.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 8 | 7 | 14 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -3.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 37 | 27 | 30 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | 0.4 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | 3.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | 0.0 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Stone Lodge Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Suffolk average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 14.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 169 |
| 2023/24 | 170 |
| 2024/25 | 173 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 49.13%
- English as an additional language
- 14.5%
- Overall absence
- 11.41%
- Persistent absence
- 31.25%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Joseph's College0.2 miles
Independent schools · Ipswich
-
Westbridge Academy1.1 miles
Academies · Ipswich
-
The Bridge School1.2 miles
Academies · Ipswich
-
Belstead House Adult Education Centre1.3 miles
Other types · Ipswich
-
Redstone Hall School1.3 miles
Special schools · Ipswich
Other schools in Ipswich
- Acorn Cottage The Lodge Special schools
- 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
- The Bridge School Academies
- Thomas Wolsey Ormiston Academy Academies
- Westbridge Academy Academies
Common questions
- What year groups does Stone Lodge Academy teach?
- Stone Lodge Academy teaches children aged 5 to 16. It is a special school in Ipswich.
- Who is the headteacher of Stone Lodge Academy?
- The headteacher of Stone Lodge Academy is Mrs Sharron White, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Stone Lodge Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Stone Lodge Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Stone Lodge Academy?
- Stone Lodge Academy has 175 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 16.
- Is Stone Lodge Academy full?
- Stone Lodge Academy has capacity for 173 pupils and 175 on roll (101%), so it is at or above 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 Stone Lodge Academy a faith school?
- No. Stone Lodge Academy has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Stone Lodge Academy?
- Stone Lodge Academy is part of EASTERN EDUCATION GROUP TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Stone Lodge Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Stone Lodge Academy's absence rate?
- Stone Lodge Academy's overall absence rate is 11.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Stone Lodge Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Stone Lodge Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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 1 July 2026.