Report card · inspected Mar 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 | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 3 March 2026Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 10 November 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry236 applications · 157 places offered · 152 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.6
- 2025 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.6
- 2024 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.6
- 2023 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.6
- 2022 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.6
- 2021 1.4; Suffolk median median 1.6
- 2020 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.4
- 2019 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.5
- 2018 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.5
- 2017 1.3; Suffolk median median 1.5
- 2016 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.5
- 2015 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.5
- 2014 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.5
- 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 | 157 | 236 | 1.5 | 152 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 151 | 227 | 1.5 | 148 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 181 | 260 | 1.4 | 177 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 195 | 264 | 1.4 | 188 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 141 | 229 | 1.6 | 142 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2021 | 180 | 255 | 1.4 | 175 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 187 | 234 | 1.3 | 161 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2019 | 175 | 231 | 1.3 | 160 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2018 | 129 | 165 | 1.3 | 126 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2017 | 125 | 163 | 1.3 | 125 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 128 | 186 | 1.5 | 123 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2015 | 141 | 214 | 1.5 | 138 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2014 | 176 | 270 | 1.5 | 174 | 0.99 |
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.) | 173 | 42.1 | 32% | 54% | – |
| 2024/25 | 187 | 41.7 | 36% | 59% | – |
| 2023/24 | 152 | 46.0 | 40% | 70% | +0.08 |
| 2022/23 | 150 | 45.1 | 40% | 65% | −0.06 |
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
- Bungay High SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.5applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
- 7.8 km · Suffolk20261.6applications per place 46.7Attainment 8
- 8.9 km · Suffolk20262.2applications per place 25.4Attainment 8
- 9.9 km · NorfolkGood20231.4applications per place 46.3Attainment 8
- 11.3 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 15.4 km · Norfolk20261.4applications per place 48.5Attainment 8
- 16.7 km · NorfolkRemains Good20221.6applications per place 47.3Attainment 8
- 18.6 km · SuffolkRemains Good · improving20231.9applications per place 47.4Attainment 8
- 19.2 km · SuffolkGood20231.7applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136998 · 935/4075
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 922 on roll
- Free school meals
- 26.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 August 2011
- Replaced
- Bungay High School (URN 124835)
- Address
- Queen's Road, Bungay, NR35 1RW
- Local authority
- Suffolk · East Suffolk
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources