Hillside Special School
Community special school · Mixed · Suffolk
Hitchcock Place, Sudbury, CO10 1NN
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 24/06/2025
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
89.1%
26.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
89
Capacity used
Over capacity103%
86 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 4–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Lizzi Murphy
- Address
- Hitchcock Place, Sudbury, CO10 1NN
- Phone
- 01787372808
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Ward / constituency
- Sudbury North West · South Suffolk
- Area
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 124903
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 48% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 6% | — | — |
| SEN support | 0% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
89 pupils · 86 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
24 June 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessPersonal development Outstanding Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Good - 23
21 September 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 80 pupils
Attendance
89.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
10.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
26.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
3.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
Primary results by subject (SATs)
Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England
Reading, writing & maths combined
Reading
Writing
Maths
Grammar, punctuation & spelling
Science
England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).
Primary results over time
Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Expected standard (RWM) | 0% | 61% |
| Higher standard | 0% | 8% |
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils in cohort | 4 | — |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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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.