OA - Suffolk
Academy alternative provision sponsor led · Ages 7–16 · Stowmarket, Suffolk
OA - Suffolk is an alternative provision school in Stowmarket, Suffolk for ages 7–16 (academy alternative provision sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 January 2023.
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Key facts
- Address
- Chilton Way, Stowmarket, IP14 1SZ
- Type
- Academy alternative provision sponsor led
- Ages
- 7–16
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 2 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 50% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 17 January 2023
Strengths
- “Positive relationships based on trust are key to pupils’ success.”
- “Adults take time to get to know them.”
- “Pupils benefit from a calm and orderly environment, which helps them re-engage into education.”
To improve
- “However, they do not make full use of this information.”
- “They have not carried out an in-depth evaluation of the curriculum to help them to understand what pupils remember in the long term.”
- “Leaders do not have a full understanding of the refinements they need to make to their curriculum plans to ensure that pupils remember all their learning over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Straight-line distance, in Suffolk.
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