Schools in Stowmarket

About schools in Stowmarket

Most of the 25 schools listed in Stowmarket are primary schools. Its three secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Another three schools provide for children with additional needs or alternative provision.

Every school on this page is inspected by Ofsted. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25

59%

of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 15 schools with published results

Key stage 4, 2024/25

44.1

average Attainment 8 score, across the 4 schools with published results

Primary schools18

The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

• Abbot's Hall Community Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  63%

  expected standard
• Bacton Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  47%

  expected standard
• Cedars Park Community Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  72%

  expected standard
• Chilton Community Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  68%

  expected standard
• Combs Ford Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  47%

  expected standard
• Crawford's Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• Freeman Community Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  54%

  expected standard
• Grace Cook Primary School

  Free schools · Ages 2 to 11

• Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• Helmingham Primary School and Nursery

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 2 to 11

• Mendlesham Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  53%

  expected standard
• Old Newton Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Ringshall School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  88%

  expected standard
• Sir Robert Hitcham Church of England Voluntary Aided School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  58%

  expected standard
• Stonham Aspal Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 5 to 11

  45%

  expected standard
• Trinity Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  80%

  expected standard
• Wetheringsett Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

• Wood Ley Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  49%

  expected standard

Secondary schools3

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Debenham High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  55.7

  Attainment 8
• Stowmarket High School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  40.5

  Attainment 8
• Stowupland High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  41.1

  Attainment 8

Special schools and alternative provision3

• OA - Suffolk

  Academy alternative provision sponsor led · Ages 7 to 16

• Pushforward Secondary School

  Other independent special school · Ages 14 to 16

• Wetheringsett Manor School

  Other independent special school · Ages 7 to 18

Independent schools1

• Finborough School

  Other independent school · Ages 2 to 19

Common questions about schools in Stowmarket

How many schools are in Stowmarket?

OfferDay lists 25 schools in Stowmarket, including 18 primary schools and three secondary schools.

Who inspects schools in Stowmarket?

Every school in Stowmarket is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.

Which are the best schools in Stowmarket?

OfferDay ranks schools in Stowmarket where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

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. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.