St Benedict's Catholic School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C65
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, IP32 6RH
- Distance
- 0.2km away
Bury St Edmunds County High School
Beetons Way, Bury St Edmunds, IP32 6RF
Local ranking13th of 43 secondary schools in Suffolk
Ofsted: Expected
Secondary
Phase
1020
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 49.8 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 53.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 69.6% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 58.3% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.6 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 168
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 97.0%
- Continued in education
- 93.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 1.0%
A-Level Results
2023-24*Data not available for 2024-25 — showing latest available results
B
Avg A-Level Grade
41.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 34.4
41.2
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.1
17
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 17.6% nat17.1%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 17
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 739
- Boys
- 387 (52%)
- Girls
- 352 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1020 (72% full)
- SEND
- 18.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.6%
- EAL
- 10.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.2%
- SEN Support
- 16.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,972/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 82.2%
- White Other: 6.7%
- Black African: 3.1%
- Mixed Other: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.5%
- Other: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Asian Indian: 0.8%
82.2%
White British
6.7%
White Other
3.1%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Beetons Way
Bury St Edmunds, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 136990
- UKPRN
- 10034608
- Establishment No.
- 4000
- Trust
- UNITY SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP
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