Bury St Edmunds County High School
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy converter · Secondary
Bury St Edmunds · IP32 6RF · Suffolk
Ages 11–16
- Att846.2
- P8-0.1
- EM5+46%
- Absence10.8%
0.1 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Standards maintainedURN 149285
St Benedict's Catholic School
Academy converter · Bury St Edmunds · IP32 6RH
Ages 11–18 · 968 pupils · Suffolk
Ofsted
Standards maintained
Attainment 8
51.1
Overall absence
8.2%
Admissions demand
1.17 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2025-06-29
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.17
−20+2
Attainment 851.1
English & maths grade 5+55%
English & maths grade 4+77%
EBacc entry59%
EBacc APS: 4.8
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)25.2%
Unauthorised2.4%
- Authorised absence
- 5.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 844
Absence trend
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.17 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
198
Places offered
169
1st-preference offers
159
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 406
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 169
- Applications from outside LA
- 44
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 17
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill114%
968 pupils · 852 places
- Pupils on roll
- 968
- Boys / girls
- 475 / 493
- School capacity
- 852
- Capacity fill
- 968 / 852 (114%)
- Free school meals
- 11.6%
- FSM pupils
- 96
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of East Anglia
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Imogen Senior
Location
- Address
- Beetons Way
- Postcode
- IP32 6RH
- Town
- Bury St Edmunds
- County
- Suffolk
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- District
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, 968 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 11.6%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Diocese of East Anglia.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
King Edward VI CEVC School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedVoluntary controlled school · Secondary
Bury St Edmunds · IP33 3BH · Suffolk
Ages 11–16
- Att842.9
- P8-0.1
- EM5+39%
- Absence9.5%
0.5 miles away
Sybil Andrews Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Bury St. Edmunds · IP32 7QB · Suffolk
Ages 11–16
- Att847.5
- P80.1
- EM5+49%
- Absence7.7%
2.6 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Imogen Senior
- Telephone
- 01284753512