Overall Oxbridge
#471
1 ranked schools · +443 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
2
Offers
1
Offer rate50.0%
+27.6 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
Brick market buildings and the valley of the River Gipping anchor Stowmarket's compact centre within Mid Suffolk's quietly expanding district. A market charter granted in 1347 by Edward III established the town as the district's principal trading point, and Thursday and Saturday markets survive to this day. Around 21,000 people now live in Stowmarket, up from roughly 6,000 in 1981, with further residential development planned across the surrounding parishes. Combs and Stowupland extend the residential spread.
Great Finborough and Ringshall are school-competitive corners of the district, drawing families who weigh catchments carefully, while Debenham draws parents seeking village primary places. Great Eastern Main Line services connect the town to Ipswich in around fifteen minutes.
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Area Performance
Across 25 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 6.86/10, -0.54 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Stowmarket schools
Stowmarket vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Stowmarket schools
top 59% of 14,978
top 59% of 14,978
top 55% of 3,862
top 55% of 3,862
top 89% of 2,555
top 89% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
1 ranked schools · +443 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
2
Offers
1
Cambridge
1 ranked schools · +409 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
2
Offers
1
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