Stowupland High School
Church Road, Stowupland, Stowmarket, IP14 4BQ
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Stowupland High School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Lee Walker
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 1,100
- Pupils on roll
- 1,008
- URN
- 143362
- Local authority
- Suffolk
About this school
Stowupland High School was a secondary academy in Stowmarket. It taught children aged 11 to 18 and had 1,008 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Stowupland High School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2016, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 175 | 185 |
| Attainment 8 score | 40.0 | 43.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.23 -0.44 to -0.01 | -0.13 -0.34 to +0.08 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% | 40.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55% | 63.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 31% | 35.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.4 | 3.7 |
Trends over time
How Stowupland High School 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 | 40 | 37.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 43.4 | 37.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 36 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,003 |
| 2023/24 | 1,008 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Stowupland High School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 10.7% | 24.8% | 1,008 | — |
| Stowupland High School | 41.1 | 10.3% | 27.4% | 846 | 0.1 miles |
| Stowmarket High School | 40.5 | 7.6% | 21.8% | 901 | 2.0 miles |
| Debenham High School | 55.7 | 6.7% | 13.5% | 714 | 6.4 miles |
| Claydon High School | 45 | 7.6% | 20.5% | 765 | 7.4 miles |
| Ormiston Endeavour Academy | 42.8 | 8.8% | 31.8% | 793 | 9.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 24.8%
- English as an additional language
- 3.7%
- Overall absence
- 10.7%
- Persistent absence
- 28.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Stowupland High School0.1 miles
Secondary · Stowmarket
-
Stowmarket High School2.0 miles
Secondary · Stowmarket
-
Debenham High School6.4 miles
Secondary · Stowmarket
-
Claydon High School7.4 miles
Secondary · Ipswich
-
Ormiston Endeavour Academy9.2 miles
Secondary · Ipswich
Other schools in Stowmarket
- Debenham High School Secondary
- Stowmarket High School Secondary
- Stowupland High School Secondary
- Abbot's Hall Community Primary School Primary
- Bacton Primary School Primary
- Cedars Park Community Primary School Primary
- Chilton Community Primary School Primary
- Combs Ford Primary School Primary
- Crawford's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Freeman Community Primary School Primary
- Grace Cook Primary School Primary
- Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Stowupland High School teach?
- Stowupland High School taught children aged 11 to 18. It was a secondary school in Stowmarket.
- Has Stowupland High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Stowupland High School 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 Stowupland High School?
- Stowupland High School had 1,008 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- How have Stowupland High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 40 in 2022/23 and 43.4 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Stowupland High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Stowupland High School'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 31 August 2024.