Stradbroke High School is a
secondary school
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with
academy status for 11- to 16-year-olds in the village of
Stradbroke
Stradbroke ( ) is an English village in the Mid Suffolk district of the county of Suffolk. The ''Census'' of 2011 gave the parish a population of 1,408, with an estimate of 1,513 in 2018.
Heritage
The village was listed in the Domesday Book ...
in the
English
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county
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of
Suffolk
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. Founded in 1953 as a
secondary modern school
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on the edge of the village, Stradbroke High School serves a catchment covering almost including the parishes of
Athelington
Athelington is a small village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about south-east from Diss. The name is derived from the Old English word Ætheling. The population of the village was less than 50 at the 2011 Cens ...
&
Horham
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,
Fressingfield
Fressingfield is a village in Suffolk, England, east of Diss, Norfolk. In 2015 it had a population of 1021, with one shop (a Mace (shop)), a medical centre, public house, restaurant, primary school, and three churches, with Anglican, Baptist and ...
,
Laxfield
Laxfield is a small ancient village in northern Suffolk, England. It is located at a distinct bend in today's B1117 road.
History
Laxfield arose in Saxon times as it is known that an early church was there and the village itself appears in ...
,
Mendham,
Wilby,
Worlingworth
Worlingworth is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England, located around ten miles south-east of Diss. In 2011 it had a total population of 802 people.
The village has a primary school called Worli ...
, and
Cratfield
Cratfield is a village in northern Suffolk, England. "It has a population of 292 according to the 2011 census."
Neighbouring villages include Laxfield, Metfield, Cookley, Huntingfield, Heveningham. The nearest town, Halesworth, is approximately ...
. As of 2006, this represents a catchment population of some 7,500 people. It has around 300 pupils.
The school is small and therefore able to know and support each pupil individually. In 2018 the school's GCSE students attained the second highest results in Suffolk and Norfolk.
The school's best-known alumni are television journalist Amelia Reynolds and
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These Animal Men formed in Brighton in 1989, signing to Hut Records ...
vocalist and lead guitarist Alexander (previously Roger) Boag.
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