Bury St Edmunds County High School
Beetons Way, Bury St Edmunds, IP32 6RF
Local ranking11th of 46 secondary schools in Suffolk
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1020
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 49.8
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 53.0%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 69.6%
- Entering EBacc
- 58.3%
- EBacc APS
- 4.6
- 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
41.2
Best 3 A-Levels
17
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 17.6%
- 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%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.2%
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
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- White British: 79.3%
- White Other: 6.5%
- Other: 6.5%
- Mixed Other: 2.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Asian Indian: 0.8%
- Asian Chinese: 0.8%
79.3%
White British
6.5%
White Other
6.5%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 136990
- UKPRN
- 10034608
- Establishment No.
- 4000
- Trust
- UNITY SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP