Finborough School
Other independent school · Mixed · Suffolk
The Hall, Stowmarket, IP14 3EF
53
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
716
Capacity used
Over capacity102%
700 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 2–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Headteacher
- Steven Clark
- Address
- The Hall, Great Finborough, Stowmarket, IP14 3EF
- Phone
- 01449773600
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Ward / constituency
- Onehouse · Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
- Area
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 124892
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 26% | — | — |
716 pupils · 700 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 37.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 2.93 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 24.93 | — | — |
Average grade: D+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 37.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 1.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 1.2% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 1.2% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.89 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 82 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 27.44 | 35 |
| Average grade | C- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 12% | 17% |
| A-level students | 49 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 78 | 18% | 65% | 83% | |
| English Literature | 62 | 26% | 71% | 87% | |
| Biology | 51 | 33% | 67% | 75% | |
| Business | 42 | 26% | 60% | 76% | |
| Physical Education | 41 | 44% | 78% | 85% | |
| Combined Science | 37 | 3% | 41% | 73% | |
| Art and Design | 36 | 14% | 69% | 86% | |
| Geography | 33 | 33% | 67% | 88% | |
| Physics | 29 | 38% | 86% | 93% | |
| Chemistry | 28 | 39% | 89% | 96% | |
| History | 22 | 55% | 77% | 91% | |
| Music | 19 | 32% | 84% | 89% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 16 | 0% | 0% | 31% | |
| Business Studies | 15 | 0% | 0% | 13% | |
| Mathematics | 12 | 0% | 33% | 42% | |
| Economics | 11 | 0% | 0% | 27% | |
| Biology | 10 | 0% | 10% | 20% | |
| Physical Education / Sports Studies | 10 | 0% | 0% | 40% | |
| Physics | 8 | 13% | 25% | 50% | |
| Chemistry | 7 | 0% | 29% | 57% | |
| English Literature | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| History | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Geography | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Art and Design | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 10925: Finborough School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.