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Alternative provision school · Academy alternative provision sponsor led · ages 7 to 16 · Mixed

Chilton Way, Stowmarket, IP14 1SZ

  • Pupils2
  • Ages7 to 16
  • Latest Ofsted17 Jan 2023
  • FundingState-funded
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Ofsted inspections

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Graded inspection · 17 Jan 2023

Overall effectiveness: Good

  • Quality of educationGood
  • Behaviour and attitudesGood
  • Personal developmentGood
  • Leadership and managementGood
  • Safeguarding is effectiveYes

Grades run from Outstanding to Inadequate (four steps, left to right).

Schools into Special Measures Visit 2 · report published 1 Mar 2023

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Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at 30 September 2026). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.

Results

No results for this school are in the performance tables we use. Results are published for schools with pupils at the end of Year 6, Year 11 or 16 to 18 study, and figures are hidden when very few pupils are involved.

Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.

Pupils and attendance

Pupils
2 (capacity 54)
2 girls, 0 boys
Eligible for free school meals
50% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)

Pupils with SEN support

Special educational needs, without an education, health and care (EHC) plan.

2024/25

This school
60%

Pupils with an EHC plan

An education, health and care plan sets out the support a child must get.

2024/25

This school
40%

Eligible for free school meals at any time in the last 6 years

2024/25

This school
70%

First language not English

This is not a measure of how well pupils speak English.

2024/25

This school
0%

Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.

About the school

Type
Academy alternative provision sponsor led (Academies)
Trust
OLIVE ACADEMIES
Sponsor
Olive Academies
Boys, girls or mixed
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Opened
1 June 2017
Local authority
Suffolk
Parliamentary constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
URN
142820 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)

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