Voluntary aided school · Primary
Stowmarket · IP14 6PL · Suffolk
Ages 4–11
- KS260%
- Absence5.4%
- FSM12.7%
- Demand1.00
0.5 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 136416
Debenham High School
Academy converter · Stowmarket · IP14 6BL
Ages 11–16 · 714 pupils · Suffolk
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
55.4
Overall absence
7.6%
Admissions demand
0.98 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-03-02
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.76
−20+2
Attainment 855.4
English & maths grade 5+59%
English & maths grade 4+84%
EBacc entry19%
EBacc APS: 4.5
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)19.6%
Unauthorised0.9%
- Authorised absence
- 6.7%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 698
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.98 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
131
Places offered
133
1st-preference offers
130
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 206
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 133
- Applications from outside LA
- 2
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill114%
714 pupils · 625 places
- Pupils on roll
- 714
- Boys / girls
- 354 / 360
- School capacity
- 625
- Capacity fill
- 714 / 625 (114%)
- Free school meals
- 14%
- FSM pupils
- 100
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: HEART OF SUFFOLK EDUCATION TRUST
- Academy trust
- HEART OF SUFFOLK EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon Martin
Location
- Address
- Gracechurch Street, Debenham
- Postcode
- IP14 6BL
- Town
- Stowmarket
- County
- Suffolk
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- District
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Stowmarket, Suffolk, 714 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 14%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Stonham Aspal Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Stowmarket · IP14 6AF · Suffolk
Ages 5–11
- KS260%
- Absence4.3%
- FSM10.5%
- Demand1.00
3.0 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon Martin
- Telephone
- 01728860213