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Stone Lodge Academy

Special school in Ipswich, Suffolk. No overall grade. Quality of education inadequate (Jan 2025). Serious weaknesses.

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 28 January 2025, report published 11 March 2025, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

Serious weaknesses. Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern.

No overall grade. From September 2024 Ofsted stopped giving one, but still graded each area.

Grades for each area
AreaGrade
Quality of educationInadequate
Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementInadequate
Safeguarding effectiveNo

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Next inspection: around January 2029

The last inspection was in January 2025. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

Nearby special schools

  1. 1.2 milesThe Bridge School

    Special, Ipswich, Suffolk

    Good (Jun 2023)

  2. 2.0 milesWoodbridge Road Academy

    Special, Ipswich, Suffolk

    No overall grade. Quality of education good (Jun 2025)

  3. 2.5 milesThomas Wolsey Ormiston Academy

    Special, Ipswich, Suffolk

    Good (Nov 2021)

  4. 2.6 milesSir Bobby Robson School

    Special, Ipswich, Suffolk

    Good (Jun 2023)

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.