Bury St Edmunds County High School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C59
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, IP32 6RF
- Distance
- 0.7km away
King Edward VI CEVC School
Grove Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3BH
Local ranking19th of 43 secondary schools in Suffolk
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 9 October 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 37.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 55.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 238
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1199
- Boys
- 626 (53%)
- Girls
- 563 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (99% full)
- SEND
- 16.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.0%
- EAL
- 6.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.8%
- SEN Support
- 11.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 57.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,800/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 80.5%
- White Other: 7.8%
- Mixed Other: 3.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
- Black African: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.3%
- Other: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
80.5%
White British
7.8%
White Other
3.6%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Grove Road
Bury St Edmunds, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 124856
- UKPRN
- 10003634
- Establishment No.
- 4500
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