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Stour Valley Community School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Free school
Cavendish Road, Clare, Sudbury CO10 8PJ · stourvalley.org · 01787 279342
On the mapSearch near CO10 8PJ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 44.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Suffolk 42.8, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 569
- 99% of 575 places
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 18.8%
- First language not English
- 1.1%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Anglian Learning
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 116 families put the school first and 112 places were offered; 93% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 112 | 116 | 1▲ | 93% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 114 | 130 | 1.1▲ | 84% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 109 | 99 | 0.9 | 99% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 115 | 139 | 1.2▲ | 80% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 116 | 125 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.5, and 42.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Suffolk it was 42.8, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼42.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼60.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼15.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.71 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 29.6 | −1 |
| Sixth form college | 5.2 | −3.8 |
| Further education | 52.2 | +9.9 |
| Other education | 0.9 | −0.9 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.3 | −2 |
| Employment | 3.5 | +2.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3.5 | +0.8 |
| Activity not captured | 0.9 | −5.4 |
Ofsted
Stour Valley Community School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 25 April 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 25 Apr 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jul 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
75% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (93 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 75%
- Replies
- 93
- 16% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 78% who raised concerns
based on the 49% who had a child bullied
based on 19 parents (20%) with SEND