Breckland School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 23 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Suffolk
Unique reference
138250
Address
Crown Street, IP27 0PE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
607 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
52.2%
Girls
47.8%
First language not English
11%
Free school meals (FSM)
24.1%
Persistent absence
25.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81.2%
Other White 10.4%
Mixed 4.6%
Unclassified 3.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.01
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.1
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 19%
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 42.8
Local authority average 43.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.65
Local authority average 3.74
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Ancient HistoryGCSE30
Art & DesignGCSE18
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE20
Business Studies:SingleGCSE19
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE29
Design & TechnologyGCSE21
English LanguageGCSE108
English LiteratureGCSE108
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE23
FrenchGCSE60
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Breckland School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
118
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
159
2nd preference
40
3rd preference
6
From another Local Authority
59
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
117
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
8
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
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
141
81
60
Year 8
128
59
69
Year 9
119
58
61
Year 10
110
62
48
Year 11
109
57
52
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
86.0%
85.6%
Further education
61.0%
38.2%
35.4%
School sixth form
22.0%
42.6%
36.6%
Sixth form college
1.0%
4.6%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
4.3%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
9.0%
3.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.3%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.6%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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