Alde Valley Academy
Academy sponsor led · 645 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.7
Academy sponsor led
Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 811of 860 places
- Free school meals
- 41.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 144
- Ofsted
- Report card, 2 June 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Needs attentionAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Stoke High School (URN 124837, until 19 August 2013).
What the data says
Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy has no sixth form. Of the 133 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 42% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
12% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 34.3 against 46.1 across England and 42.8 in Suffolk, with 22% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 33% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Suffolk and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Suffolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 133 | 7,591 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 85% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 82% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 39% | 39% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 5% | 13% |
| — further education college | 42% | 42% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 12% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Suffolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 34.3 | 42.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 22% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 38% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 14% | 27% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.86 | 3.70 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 41% | 25% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 29.7 | 30.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 37.5 | 46.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 38% | 10% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 142 | 99% | 89% | 8% | 20% | 46% |
| Mathematics | 141 | 98% | 88% | 9% | 22% | 45% |
| English Literature | 136 | 94% | 86% | 6% | 21% | 51% |
| Combined Science | 125 | 87% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 33% |
| History | 77 | 53% | 41% | 13% | 26% | 43% |
| Geography | 71 | 49% | 41% | 8% | 25% | 34% |
| Photography | 48 | 33% | 6% | 25% | 19% | 79% |
| Business Studies | 28 | 19% | 18% | 0% | 20% | 29% |
| Fine Art | 23 | 16% | 9% | 9% | 28% | 61% |
| Drama | 23 | 16% | 7% | 9% | 27% | 52% |
| French | 15 | 10% | 18% | 13% | 29% | 80% |
| Citizenship Studies | 14 | 10% | 3% | 14% | 19% | 64% |
| Biology | 10 | 7% | 23% | 30% | 45% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 10 | 7% | 23% | 30% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 10 | 7% | 23% | 20% | 46% | 100% |
| Portuguese | 3 | 2% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Italian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Spanish | 2 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| German | 2 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 38 | — | — |
| Tourism | 37 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 37 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 24 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 22 | — | — |
| Sports Coaching | 22 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 16 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 15 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Suffolk
Beccles High School
Free schools · 182 pupils
77% stayed in education · Attainment 8 27.6
Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics
Academy sponsor led · 1,263 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.9
Breckland School
Free schools · 615 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.4
Bungay High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 922 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.7
Bury St Edmunds County High School
Academy converter · 657 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.8
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.