Chalk Hill
Chalk Hill is a sponsored special academy in Sudbury for boys and girls aged 8 to 16. It has 20 pupils and room for 30. About 60 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was requires improvement, back in 2023.
Cats Lane, Sudbury, CO10 2SF01787 373583easterneducationgroup.ac.uk/send/chalk-hillMs Nicola Jennings headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 18 October 2023, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Requires improvement overall.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Suffolk council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (17), Autistic spectrum disorder (2), Other difficulty or disability (1).
Staff
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pot Kiln Primary School | Council | 320 m | 236 | Good 2022 | 11 | Compare |
| St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Church of England | 0.8 miles | 227 | Good 2022 | 38 | Compare |
| Wells Hall Primary School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 494 | Report card 2026 | 38 | Compare |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 0.8 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Tudor Church of England Primary School, Sudbury | Academy | 0.8 miles | 268 | Good 2024 | 23 | Compare |
| Thomas Gainsborough School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 1,603 | No overall grade 2024 | 70 | Compare |
| Ormiston Sudbury Academy | Academy | 0.9 miles | 710 | Report card 2026 | 25 | Compare |
| Hillside Special School | Council | 1.0 miles | 89 | No overall grade 2025 | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Chalk Hill a good school?
Chalk Hill doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it requires improvement at its last inspection in October 2023.
What is Chalk Hill's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Chalk Hill requires improvement at its last full inspection on 18 October 2023.
How many pupils does Chalk Hill have?
20 pupils aged 8 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 30 places, so it is 67% full.
Does Chalk Hill have a breakfast club?
Yes. It is on the government's free breakfast club programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Cats Lane, Sudbury, CO10 2SF
- Telephone
- 01787 373583
- Website
- easterneducationgroup.ac.uk/send/chalk-hill
- Headteacher
- Ms Nicola Jennings
- Free breakfast club
- Yes: on the government's programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school (listed since September 2026).
- Type of school
- Sponsored special academy (Academy special sponsor led, academies)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 8-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Eastern Education Group Trust (10 schools)
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Ward
- Great Cornard
- Constituency
- South Suffolk
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2025 (new provision)
- URN
- 152298 · LAESTAB 9357023 · UKPRN 10099618
- Formerly
- Chalk Hill
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Breakfast club: DfE list of schools on the free breakfast club programme.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.