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Chalk Hill

Special school school · Academy special sponsor led · ages 8 to 16 · Mixed

Cats Lane, Sudbury, CO10 2SF

  • Pupils20
  • Ages8 to 16
  • Latest Ofsted18 Oct 2023
  • FundingState-funded
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Ofsted inspections

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Graded inspection · 18 Oct 2023

This inspection was of a predecessor school, before it reopened under its current reference number. Ofsted says grades of a predecessor school can’t, in law, transfer to the new one.

Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement

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

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

Academy First Section 5 · report published 7 Dec 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
20 (capacity 30)
0 girls, 20 boys
Eligible for free school meals
60% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)

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

About the school

Type
Academy special sponsor led (Academies)
Trust
EASTERN EDUCATION GROUP TRUST
Sponsor
West Suffolk College
Boys, girls or mixed
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Boarding
Boarding school
Opened
1 September 2025
Local authority
Suffolk
Parliamentary constituency
South Suffolk
URN
152298 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)

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Admissions

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