Stour Valley Community School
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–16 · Sudbury, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
6.456 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Stour Valley Community School is a secondary school in Sudbury, Suffolk for ages 11–16 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 25 April 2023. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Stour Valley Community School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 6.456 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Year 7 2026 last distance offered was 6.456 miles, the 6th longest of 18 Suffolk secondary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 5.19 miles.
- That 2026 Year 7 last distance was further from the school than in 2025.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 116 first-choice applications for 112 offers; 108 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 43% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 44.5 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Suffolk schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Cavendish Road, Clare, Sudbury, CO10 8PJ
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 569 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 25 April 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils and staff forge positive and supportive relationships.”
- “Pupils feel comfortable to talk to staff.”
- “Pupils experience a culture where their well-being is prioritised.”
To improve
- “In an isolated pocket of the curriculum, this is not the case.”
- “Teaching does not engage pupils as well, and fewer pupils choose the subject at GCSE.”
- “This has impacted on English Baccalaureate (Ebacc) entry being low.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 June 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 43% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.5 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 116 first-preference applications, 112 offers in total, 108 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Suffolk.
- Samuel Ward Academy 6.1 mi Good
- Ormiston Sudbury Academy 6.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Castle Manor Academy 6.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Thomas Gainsborough School 8.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- King Edward VI CEVC School 12.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bury St Edmunds County High School 13.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Benedict's Catholic School 13.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sybil Andrews Academy 13.4 mi Good