Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Suffolk
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 19 May 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 15 March 2022Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry232 applications · 98 places offered · 67 named it first
- 2026 2.4; Suffolk median median 1.6
- 2025 2.3; Suffolk median median 1.6
- 2024 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.6
- 2023 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.6
- This school
- Suffolk median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 98 | 232 | 2.4 | 67 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2025 | 98 | 228 | 2.3 | 76 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2024 | 87 | 175 | 2.0 | 47 | 0.54 |
| Sep 2023 | 137 | 193 | 1.4 | 122 | 0.89 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 185 | 44.8 | 44% | 62% | – |
| 2024/25 | 168 | 49.8 | 53% | 70% | – |
| 2023/24 | 186 | 46.2 | 46% | 70% | −0.09 |
| 2022/23 | 214 | 46.4 | 39% | 72% | −0.17 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Bury St Edmunds County High SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.4applications per place 44.8Attainment 8
- 0.2 km · SuffolkStandards maintained20252.5applications per place 51.9Attainment 8
- 0.6 km · SuffolkStandards maintained20241.8applications per place 42.4Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · SuffolkGood20231.9applications per place 52.6Attainment 8
- 7.3 km · SuffolkRemains Good20241.5applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 10.7 km · SuffolkGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 15.3 km · SuffolkRemains Good20241.2applications per place 39.5Attainment 8
- 19.4 km · NorfolkStandards maintained20251.1applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
- 20.3 km · SuffolkGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 42.5Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136990 · 935/4000
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,020 pupils · 657 on roll
- Free school meals
- 26.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2011
- Replaced
- Bury St Edmunds County Upper School (URN 124787)
- Address
- Beetons Way, Bury St Edmunds, IP32 6RF
- Local authority
- Suffolk · West Suffolk
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources