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Castle Manor Academy

West Suffolk, CB9 9JESecondaryAges 11–16MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Dec 2024
Progress 8
No data
First choices / offers
1.1×
More first choices than offers made
161 1st-choice / 146 offers made
Ranking
#1,837
of 3,141 nationally

About Castle Manor Academy

Castle Manor Academy is a state-funded secondary school in West Suffolk, East of England, for pupils aged 11 to 16 for boys and girls. DfE data records 760 pupils on roll and a published capacity of 750.

The latest recorded Ofsted overall judgement is Good (18 Dec 2024). the published Attainment 8 score was 40.3 for 2024/25. admissions data records 161 first-preference applications and 146 offers made on national offer day for 2026/27.

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Key Details

School TypeSecondary (State)
Age Range11 to 16 years
GenderMixed
AddressEastern Avenue, Haverhill, West Suffolk, CB9 9JE
HeadteacherMrs Vanessa Whitcombe
Local AuthoritySuffolk
Number of Pupils760
Free School Meals (FSM)30.0%
School Capacity760 / 750 (101% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

18 Dec 2024
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Leadership & Management
Good

Latest monitoring visit (18 Dec 2024): Standards maintained

Source: Ofsted, 18 Jun 2019. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

Published SEND Data

SEN Unit
AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageHearingPhysicalLearning DifficultySEN UnitMulti-SensoryOther

Source: Department for Education. Confirm current provision with the school's SENCO.

School day

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Teaching hours

08:50 – 15:20

Source: castlemanor.org.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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Castle Manor Academy has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This is the overall judgement recorded under the inspection framework in use on the inspection date. Read the report and date before comparing it with newer inspections.