Sybil Andrews Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C61
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, IP32 7QB
- Distance
- 3.7km away
Thurston Community College
Norton Road, Thurston, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 3PB
Local ranking16th of 43 secondary schools in Suffolk
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1800
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 46.9 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 50.6% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 66.8% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 23.4% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.1 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 265
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Higher education
- 43.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 41.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
32.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
33.2
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
77
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 8.3% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 27.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 138
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1484
- Boys
- 732 (49%)
- Girls
- 752 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1800 (82% full)
- SEND
- 14.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 17.9%
- EAL
- 1.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.6%
- SEN Support
- 12.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 90.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,316/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 92.1%
- White Other: 2.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
- Black African: 0.2%
- Other: 0.2%
92.1%
White British
2.9%
White Other
1.8%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Norton Road
Bury St Edmunds, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 124802
- UKPRN
- 10006910
- Establishment No.
- 4024
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