Stour Valley Community School
Free schools secondary school in Sudbury (Suffolk).
Attainment 8
44.5
▼ 1.7 England 2025/26 provisional: 46.2
2025/26 provisional
English & maths 5+
42.5%
▼ 4pp England 2025/26 provisional: 46.3%
2025/26 provisional
Attendance rate
89.9%
▼ 2pp England 2024/25: 91.6%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
18.6
▲ 1.9 England 2025/26: 16.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
18.8%
▼ 9pp England 2025/26: 27.3%
school census 15/01/2026
Teacher turnover
13.1%
▼ 1pp England 2024/25: 14.2% (secondary schools)
2024/25
Capacity
99%
569 / 575 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Ofsted
Good
last graded, 2023
Enrichment found on the school website
17Clubs and activitiesfound on the website
1Programmesteaching and wellbeing approaches
1Awards and marksnamed by the school
By areaiFound on the school website by WhatSchool, March 2026. Not verified; the school website is the authority. Counts show what a website mentions, not how much a school offers.
- 12 Sports and active
- 2 STEM and digital
- 1 Creative arts
- 1 Music and performance
- 1 Life skills and outdoor
- 1 Other
Clubs, activities and programmes
18 listediActivities are as listed on the school website. Programme descriptions are Governance Register summaries; where none is given, WhatSchool's category is shown. Found on the school website by WhatSchool, March 2026. Not verified; the school website is the authority.Scroll sideways for more
| Activity | Type | Area | About |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | Club | Sports and active | - |
| Badminton | Club | Sports and active | - |
| Basketball | Club | Sports and active | - |
| Coding | Club | STEM and digital | - |
| Cricket | Club | Sports and active | - |
| Dance | Club | Sports and active | - |
| Dodgeball | Club | Sports and active | - |
| Drama | Club | Music and performance | - |
| Football | Club | Sports and active | - |
| Netball | Club | Sports and active | - |
| Rounders | Club | Sports and active | - |
| Rugby | Club | Sports and active | - |
| Stem | Club | STEM and digital | - |
| Swimming | Club | Sports and active | - |
| Tennis | Club | Sports and active | - |
| Textiles | Club | Creative arts | - |
| Woodwork | Club | Other | - |
| Kooth | Programme | Life skills and outdoor | Behaviour & Wellbeing |
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