Stowmarket High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jan 20 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Suffolk
Unique reference
145055
Address
Onehouse Road, IP14 1QR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
901 (77% of total capacity)
Boys
50.8%
Girls
49.2%
First language not English
4.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.3%
Persistent absence
22.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.8%
Other White 4%
Mixed 3.8%
Unclassified 3%
Indian 0.9%
African 0.4%
Other Asian 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.1
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.1
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 28%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43
Local authority average 43.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.64
Local authority average 3.74
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award10
Speech & DramaTechnical Award11
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE22
BiologyGCSE24
Business Studies:SingleGCSE50
ChemistryGCSE21
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE15
Design & TechnologyGCSE43
English LanguageGCSE147
English LiteratureGCSE147
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Stowmarket High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
185
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
180
2nd preference
73
3rd preference
12
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
180
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
188
94
94
Year 8
179
88
91
Year 9
183
87
96
Year 10
186
103
83
Year 11
165
86
79
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
86.2%
86.5%
Further education
45.0%
38.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
40.0%
41.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
4.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
3.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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