Clare Community Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Sudbury · CO10 8PZ · Suffolk
Ages 4–11
- KS267%
- Absence5.7%
- FSM18.6%
- Demand0.92
0.5 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 136757
Stour Valley Community School
Free schools · Sudbury · CO10 8PJ
Ages 11–16 · 569 pupils · Suffolk
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
47.4
Overall absence
10.8%
Admissions demand
0.91 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-04-25
- 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 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.14
−20+2
Attainment 847.4
English & maths grade 5+49%
English & maths grade 4+69%
EBacc entry5%
EBacc APS: 4.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence10.8%
Persistent absence (10%+)33.1%
Unauthorised3.0%
- Authorised absence
- 7.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 4.7%
- Enrolments in measure
- 599
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
0.91 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
99
Places offered
109
1st-preference offers
98
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 177
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 109
- Applications from outside LA
- 36
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 14
- 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 fill99%
569 pupils · 575 places
- Pupils on roll
- 569
- Boys / girls
- 292 / 277
- School capacity
- 575
- Capacity fill
- 569 / 575 (99%)
- Free school meals
- 18.8%
- FSM pupils
- 107
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Free schools
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: ANGLIAN LEARNING
- Academy trust
- ANGLIAN LEARNING
- Sponsor
- Anglian Learning
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachel Kelly
Location
- Address
- Cavendish Road, Clare
- Postcode
- CO10 8PJ
- Town
- Sudbury
- County
- Suffolk
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- District
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from 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 free schools (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Sudbury, Suffolk, 569 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 18.8%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Cavendish Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: InadequateAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Sudbury · CO10 8BA · Suffolk
Ages 4–11
- FSM17.3%
1.8 miles away
Academy converter · Primary
Sudbury · CO10 7BP · Essex
Ages 4–11
- Absence4.0%
- FSM6.5%
- Demand1.00
2.3 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachel Kelly
- Telephone
- 01787279342