Hillside Special School
Special / other · Sudbury · CO10 1NN
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Outstanding. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 21 September 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
89 pupils · 100% of 86 capacity
- School type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 4–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 48.3% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 5.8% of pupils
- SEN support
- 0% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 100% of pupils
- Sixth form
- Yes
- URN
- 124903
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
12 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
no data
no data
GCSE results (2024/2025)
4 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
suppressed (small cohort)
suppressed (small cohort)
suppressed (small cohort)
suppressed (small cohort)
Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
68% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 27% moved to another state school · 5% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Where pupils go after GCSEs
suppressed (small cohort)
suppressed (small cohort)
suppressed (small cohort)
suppressed (small cohort)
Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.
Inspection history since 2015
- 20 September 2023: School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next
- 7 March 2018: School remains Outstanding
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.