Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics
Ofsted: Strong
Score
C59
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Lowestoft, NR32 4PZ
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Ormiston Denes Academy
Yarmouth Road, Lowestoft, NR32 4AH
Local ranking32nd 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 4 March 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 4 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 37.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 28.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 45.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 123
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 730
- Boys
- 367 (52%)
- Girls
- 344 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (59% full)
- SEND
- 32.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 57.4%
- EAL
- 7.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.5%
- SEN Support
- 27.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 45.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,093/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
- 28.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- 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: 85.9%
- White Other: 3.9%
- Mixed Other: 3.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Other: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.8%
- Asian Other: 0.8%
- White Irish: 0.7%
85.9%
White British
3.9%
White Other
3.2%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Yarmouth Road
Lowestoft, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 139403
- UKPRN
- 10041584
- Establishment No.
- 4032
- Trust
- ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST
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