Hillside Special School
Community special school in Sudbury (Suffolk).
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iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).Press Map+ on the map for a full-screen view with neighbourhood deprivation layers.
Nearby schools
nearest first11 schools within 2 miles. The nearest is Ormiston Sudbury Academy, 0.1 miles away.
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| Phase | Ofsted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ormiston Sudbury AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 0.1 mi | Secondary | 710 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in 5 areas, Needs attention in 1 |
| Woodhall Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 0.2 mi | Primary | 448 | Good, 2019Ungraded inspection Mar 2025, no grade given |
| Tudor Church of England Primary School, SudburyAcademy sponsor led | 0.2 mi | Primary | 268 | Ungraded inspection, Feb 2024Last graded Good (May 2018) |
| St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled | 0.9 mi | Primary | 227 | Ungraded inspection, Dec 2022Last graded Good (Apr 2017) |
| Chalk HillAcademy special sponsor led | 1.0 mi | Special | 20 | Requires improvement, 2023This inspection was of the school this one replaced. |
| Pot Kiln Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.2 mi | Primary | 236 | Ungraded inspection, Apr 2022Last graded Good (Nov 2016) |
| Thomas Gainsborough SchoolAcademy converter | 1.8 mi | Secondary | 1,603 | No overall grade, 2024Outstanding in 2 key judgements, Good in 2; sixth form provision Outstanding |
| Wells Hall Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 1.8 mi | Primary | 494 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in all seven areas |
| Long Melford Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 1.9 mi | Primary | 207 | Ungraded inspection, Dec 2024Last graded Good (Jul 2019) |
| Acton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled | 1.9 mi | Primary | 196 | Ungraded inspection, Apr 2023Last graded Good (Nov 2017) |
| Great Waldingfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled | 2.0 mi | Primary | 203 | Good, 2022 |
Straight-line distance from each school's register location, in miles: schools within 2 miles, widened to 5 or 10 miles where fewer than 10 schools are that close. Register details: Get Information about Schools, DfE (extract of 24 Oct 2026). Ofsted: the latest outcome in our data (Ofsted management information as at 30 Sep 2026, so a newer report may exist). Where no Ofsted outcome is shown we do not hold one; many independent schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate instead. Phase colours match the map. Governance Register does not rank schools.
The neighbourhood
iEnglish Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) for the small area around the school (LSOA).This school's neighbourhood is among the 30% most deprived in England (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, decile 3 of 10).
Each number is a decile from 1 to 10: 1 = the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 = the least deprived 10%.
- Children in income-deprived families
- 190
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