Debenham High School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Stowmarket · IP14 6BL · Suffolk
Ages 11–16
- Att855.4
- P80.8
- EM5+59%
- Absence7.6%
0.5 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 124774
Sir Robert Hitcham Church of England Voluntary Aided School
Voluntary aided school · Stowmarket · IP14 6PL
Ages 4–11 · 169 pupils · Suffolk
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
60%
Overall absence
5.4%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-02-02
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)60%
Higher standard (RWM)8%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 107.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.4%
Persistent absence (10%+)8.6%
Unauthorised1.6%
- Authorised absence
- 3.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.7%
- Enrolments in measure
- 140
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary 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
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
24
Places offered
24
1st-preference offers
24
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 30
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 24
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
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 fill80%
169 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 169
- Boys / girls
- 99 / 70
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 169 / 210 (80%)
- Free school meals
- 12.7%
- FSM pupils
- 20
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- 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
- Voluntary aided school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Laura Dumolo
Location
- Address
- School Corner, Debenham
- Postcode
- IP14 6PL
- 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 voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Stowmarket, Suffolk, 169 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 12.7%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Laura Dumolo
- Telephone
- 01728860201