Stowupland High School is a smaller than average-sized 13-18 secondary school. The school population is mainly white British with a lower-than-average proportion of students from other ethnic groups. The proportion of disabled students and those who have special educational needs is one in twenty, which is below average. The proportion of disadvantaged students (those known to be eligible for the pupil premium) is about one fifth which is below the national average. The school meets the current government floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for students’ attainment and progress. A very small minority of sixth form students attend a local high school to follow a course in health and social care. The school is changing to an 11-18 secondary from September 2015. Considerable building work was in operation during the inspection. The school recently appointed a deputy headteacher (January 2015) and a new subject leader for modern foreign languages (January 2015). Subject leaders in Mathematics and English have a wider brief and are now working alongside the senior team. The school receives support from a good school in Cambridge.