St Benedict's Catholic School
Beetons Way, Bury St Edmunds, IP32 6RH
Local ranking2nd of 43 secondary schools in Suffolk
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
852
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 49.8 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 49.7% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 71.7% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 54.7% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.6 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 159
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 92.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Higher education
- 58.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 22.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B-
Avg A-Level Grade
35.8
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
35.7
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
81
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 14.7% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 29.8
- 16-18 Cohort
- 146
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 976
- Boys
- 486 (50%)
- Girls
- 490 (50%)
- Capacity
- 852 (115% full)
- SEND
- 16.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 12.7%
- EAL
- 24.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.7%
- SEN Support
- 14.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 59.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,994/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 17.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 49.4%
- White Other: 17.5%
- Other: 17.5%
- Mixed Other: 4.0%
- Asian Indian: 3.4%
- Asian Other: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
- Black Other: 0.9%
49.4%
White British
17.5%
White Other
17.5%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 149285
- UKPRN
- 10090940
- Establishment No.
- 4600
- Trust
- OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST