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Stowupland High School

Secondary school in Stowmarket, Suffolk. Requires improvement (Jan 2023).

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 10 January 2023, report published 14 January 2024, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

This grade was given to Stowupland High School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Stowupland High School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.

Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.

Grades for each area
AreaGrade
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Sixth formGood
Safeguarding effectiveYes

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 July 2025

The last inspection was in January 2023. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.

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 2028 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

Nearby secondary schools

  1. 1.9 milesStowmarket High School

    Secondary, Stowmarket, Suffolk

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

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