Schools in Mid Suffolk[1]

Local authority district E07000203 · 56 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 57 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 1 (2%)[4]
second 20%: 1 (2%)[4]
middle 20%: 27 (47%)[4]
fourth 20%: 22 (39%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 6 (11%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	2%[4]	4%[4]	23%[4]	47%[4]	25%[4]
Employment	4%[4]	4%[4]	23%[4]	51%[4]	19%[4]
Education and skills	2%[4]	23%[4]	33%[4]	42%[4]	0%[4]
Health and disability	4%[4]	4%[4]	16%[4]	44%[4]	33%[4]
Crime	4%[4]	4%[4]	11%[4]	25%[4]	58%[4]
Housing and services	60%[4]	18%[4]	16%[4]	7%[4]	0%[4]
Living environment	26%[4]	21%[4]	16%[4]	12%[4]	25%[4]
Children in low-income families	2%[4]	9%[4]	25%[4]	49%[4]	16%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 73.9% of 44,343 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 30.0% of 86,311 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 13.4% of 86,317 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Secondary schools (7)

School	Ages	Headline results
Claydon High School	11–16[2]	A8 45 2025/26[8]
Debenham High School	11–16[2]	A8 52 2025/26[8]
Hartismere School	11–18[2]	A8 52 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]
Stowmarket High School	11–16[2]	A8 42 2025/26[8]
Stowupland High School	11–18[2]	A8 40 2025/26[8] AL D 2024/25[9]
Stradbroke High School	11–16[2]	A8 47 2025/26[8]
Thurston Community College	11–18[2]	A8 46 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]

Primary schools (46)

School	Ages	Headline results
Abbot's Hall Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
All Saints Church of England Primary School, Laxfield	4–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
Bacton Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[10]
Bedfield Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]
Bosmere Community Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 30% 2024/25[10]
Bramford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 54% 2024/25[10]
Cedars Park Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Chilton Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
Claydon Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Combs Ford Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[10]
Crawford's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Creeting St Mary Church of England Primary School	5–11[2]
Elmswell Community Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
Freeman Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 54% 2024/25[10]
Fressingfield Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 36% 2024/25[10]
Gislingham Church of England Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
Grace Cook Primary School	2–11[2]
Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
Helmingham Primary School and Nursery	2–11[2]
Henley Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Mellis Church of England Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
Mendham Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Mendlesham Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Norton CEVC Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[10]
Occold Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 54% 2024/25[10]
Old Newton Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Palgrave Church of England Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 100% 2024/25[10]
Rattlesden Church of England Primary Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
Ringshall School	4–11[2]	KS2 88% 2024/25[10]
Sir Robert Hitcham Church of England Voluntary Aided School	4–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
Somersham Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
St Edmund's Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary School, Eye	3–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Stonham Aspal Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 45% 2024/25[10]
Stradbroke Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Thorndon Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 82% 2024/25[10]
Thurston Church of England Primary Academy	5–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[10]
Trinity Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
Walsham-le-Willows Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Wetheringsett Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]
Wilby Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[10]
Wood Ley Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 49% 2024/25[10]
Woolpit Primary Academy	5–11[2]	KS2 29% 2024/25[10]
Worlingworth Church of England primary school	3–11[2]
Wortham Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]

Independent schools (1)

School	Ages	Headline results
Finborough School	2–19[2]	AL C- 2024/25[9]

Special schools and alternative provision (2)

School	Ages	Headline results
OA - Suffolk	7–16[2]
Wetheringsett Manor School	7–18[2]

Sources

Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2026) to LAD (2026) Best Fit Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-07. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation. Period 2025. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS054 Tenure. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-06. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS067 Highest level of qualification. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-10. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS062 NS-SeC. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2022-12-08. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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