Bungay High SchoolBeccles High School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Bungay High School and Beccles High School are secondary schools.

  • Bungay High School scores 54 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Beccles High School scores 27 out of 100 (grade F, weak). Bungay High School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Bungay High School was judged the expected standard and Beccles High School was judged Requires improvement.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 41.7 for Bungay High School and 27.6 for Beccles High School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Bungay High School (47.1 in 2021-22, 41.7 in 2024-25) and has fallen at Beccles High School (38.9 in 2021-22, 27.6 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Bungay High School versus Beccles High School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure BungayBungay High SchoolBecclesBeccles High SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD54/100Stronger figureF27/100
Local ranking24th of 43 in Suffolk Stronger figure43rd of 43 in Suffolk
InspectionOfsted: ExpectedStronger figureOfsted: Requires improvement
School typeAcademy converter Free schools
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-16
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll996 238
Capacity1,200 600
LocationBungay, NR35 1RW Beccles, NR34 7BQ
GCSE results
Attainment 841.7 Stronger figure27.6 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths35.8% Stronger figure17.9% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths59.4% Stronger figure31.3% 64.8%
Entering EBacc21.4% Stronger figure10.4% 40.5%
EBacc average point score3.67 Stronger figure2.35 4.09
Cohort187 67
A-level results
A-level entries38 Not reported
A-level average points29.6 Not reported35.0
A-level average gradeC Not reported
Best 3 A-levels points29.0 Not reported35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects8.7% Not reported17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census996 238
Free school meals (ever 6)23.7% 51.3%
English as an additional language4.1% 2.5%
SEN support13.8% 19.8%
SEN with an EHC plan3.2% 15.6%
Attendance
Overall absence10.1% Stronger figure11.9% 6.2%
Persistent absence27.3% Stronger figure34.5% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Bungay High School

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