Stowmarket High School
Secondary schoolStowmarket High School is a secondary school in Mid Suffolk, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 901 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 10 June 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Stowmarket High School was 42.5, against 46.2 in Mid Suffolk and 46.2 in England.
37.8% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Mid Suffolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 42.5 | 46.2 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37.8% | 44.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63.4% | 67.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 172 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- OA - SuffolkPupil referral and alternative provision. Good (overall), January 2023300 m
- Wood Ley Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)340 m
- Chilton Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)630 m
- Grace Cook Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade920 m
- Pushforward Secondary SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file980 m
- Abbot's Hall Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Mid Suffolk
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).