Beccles High School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
F35
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Beccles, NR34 7BQ
- Distance
- 1.0km away
Sir John Leman High School
Ringsfield Road, Beccles, NR34 9PG
Local ranking20th of 43 secondary schools in Suffolk
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1476
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 14 April 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 46.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 49.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 71.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 237
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 99.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Higher education
- 47.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 15.0%
- Employment
- 19.0%
- Not sustained
- 14.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
30.8
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
31.5
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
80
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 8.9% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 24.2
- 16-18 Cohort
- 163
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1439
- Boys
- 683 (49%)
- Girls
- 721 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1476 (95% full)
- SEND
- 12.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 23.1%
- EAL
- 3.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.2%
- SEN Support
- 10.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 77.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,923/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
- 8.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.6% 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
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 91.4%
- White Other: 2.5%
- Mixed Other: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.4%
- Asian Indian: 0.4%
- Other: 0.3%
91.4%
White British
2.5%
White Other
2.3%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Ringsfield Road
Beccles, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 137055
- UKPRN
- 10034793
- Establishment No.
- 4056
- Trust
- KINGFISHER SCHOOLS TRUST
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