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OA - Suffolk
All-through · Mixed · Ages 7–16 · Sponsored alternative provision academy
Chilton Way, Stowmarket IP14 1SZ · apsuffolk.oliveacademies.org.uk · 01449 613931
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2023
- Pupils
- 2
- 4% of 54 places
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 50%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Olive Academies
The official school record (Department for Education)
Results
| Left in 2021/22 | |
|---|---|
| Further education | 33.3 |
| Apprenticeship | 11.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 22.2 |
| Activity not captured | 33.3 |
Ofsted
OA - Suffolk was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 17 January 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 17 Jan 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Oct 2021
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 133356), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Feb 2022Monitoring visitEffective action
Oct 2021Inadequate
Quality of education Inadequate Behaviour and attitudes Inadequate Personal development Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Not effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2015Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 133356)
What parents said
53% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (15 replies, to 5 September 2022).
- Recommend
- 53%
- Replies
- 15
- 38% · 5 Sept 2022
based on the 93% who raised concerns
based on the 67% who had a child bullied
based on 15 parents (100%) with SEND