Stowupland High School

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Suffolk council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Suffolk's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 120 families put this school as their first choice, and 126 places were offered. 120 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 10 January 2023. Overall: Requires improvement It was inspected as Stowupland High School, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).

Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour and attitudes

Requires improvement

Personal development

Requires improvement

Leadership and management

Requires improvement

Sixth form

Good

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

846 (capacity 1085)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

OXLIP LEARNING PARTNERSHIP

Phone

01449674827

Address

Church Road, Stowupland, Stowmarket, IP14 4BQ

Website

stowuplandhighschool.co.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports