Stowupland High School
Church Road, Stowupland, Stowmarket, IP14 4BQ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- OXLIP LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
- Headteacher
- Mr Lee Walker
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Oxlip Learning Partnership
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,085
- Pupils on roll
- 846
- URN
- 151384
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01449674827
About this school
Stowupland High School is a secondary academy in Stowmarket. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 846 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
This inspection took place when the school was registered as Stowupland High School (URN 143362).
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 173 |
| Attainment 8 score | 41.1 |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 59.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 31.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.5 |
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 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
How Stowupland High School compares
Stowupland High School ranked 29th of 43 secondary schools in Suffolk for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 42% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 41.1 | 10.3% | 27.4% | 846 | — |
| Stowmarket High School | 40.5 | 7.6% | 21.8% | 901 | 1.9 miles |
| Debenham High School | 55.7 | 6.7% | 13.5% | 714 | 6.4 miles |
| Claydon High School | 45 | 7.6% | 20.5% | 765 | 7.5 miles |
| Ormiston Endeavour Academy | 42.8 | 8.8% | 31.8% | 793 | 9.3 miles |
| Hartismere School | 53 | 7.4% | 13.3% | 1,062 | 9.8 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.35%
- English as an additional language
- 4%
- Overall absence
- 10.26%
- Persistent absence
- 27.14%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Stowmarket High School1.9 miles
Secondary · Stowmarket
-
Debenham High School6.4 miles
Secondary · Stowmarket
-
Claydon High School7.5 miles
Secondary · Ipswich
-
Ormiston Endeavour Academy9.3 miles
Secondary · Ipswich
-
Hartismere School9.8 miles
Secondary · Eye
Other schools in Stowmarket
- Debenham High School Secondary
- Stowmarket 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
- Helmingham Primary School and Nursery Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Stowupland High School teach?
- Stowupland High School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Stowmarket.
- Who is the headteacher of Stowupland High School?
- The headteacher of Stowupland High School is Mr Lee Walker, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Stowupland High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Stowupland High School, 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 Stowupland High School?
- Stowupland High School has 846 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Stowupland High School full?
- Stowupland High School has capacity for 1,085 pupils and 846 on roll (78%), 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 Stowupland High School a faith school?
- No. Stowupland High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Stowupland High School a selective school?
- No. Stowupland High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Stowupland High School?
- Stowupland High School is part of OXLIP LEARNING PARTNERSHIP. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Stowupland High School have?
- The schools register lists Stowupland High School's special educational needs provision as: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How does Stowupland High School rank locally?
- Stowupland High School ranked 29th of 43 secondary schools in Suffolk for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 42% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Stowupland High School's absence rate?
- Stowupland High School's overall absence rate is 10.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- 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 10 July 2026.