Bury St Edmunds County High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 17 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Suffolk
Unique reference
136990
Address
Beetons Way, IP32 6RF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
855 (64% of total capacity)
Boys
51.1%
Girls
48.9%
First language not English
7.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
21.9%
Persistent absence
29.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 79.2%
Unclassified 8.2%
Other White 5%
Mixed 4.2%
African 1.8%
Indian 0.7%
Other 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.17
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.1
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 63%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.4
Local authority average 43.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.38
Local authority average 3.74
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)9
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE33
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE21
AstronomyGCSE3
BiologyGCSE37
Business Studies:SingleGCSE71
ChemistryGCSE37
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE40
English LanguageGCSE184
English LiteratureGCSE180
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Bury St Edmunds County High School (newly extended from upper school)

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
87
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
47
2nd preference
85
3rd preference
43
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
47
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
137
72
65
Year 8
146
67
79
Year 9
195
107
88
Year 10
173
101
72
Year 11
187
82
105
Year 13
17
8
9
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
86.0%
85.6%
Further education
37.0%
38.2%
35.4%
School sixth form
49.0%
42.6%
36.6%
Sixth form college
1.0%
4.6%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
4.3%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.3%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.6%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
77.0%
55.1%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
26.0%
15.4%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
3.4%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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