Beccles High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Feb 8 2024 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
138274
Address
Castle Hill, NR34 7BQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
288 (75% of total capacity)
Boys
50.0%
Girls
50.0%
First language not English
2.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
46.5%
Persistent absence
44.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 93.8%
Mixed 2%
Other White 1.4%
Unclassified 1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.7%
Indian 0.7%
African 0.3%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-1.68
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.1
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 6%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 19%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 28.4
Local authority average 43.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.6
Local authority average 3.74
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award18
Health StudiesTechnical Award16
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE15
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE14
BiologyGCSE1
ChemistryGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE67
English LiteratureGCSE67
GeographyGCSE38
HistoryGCSE23
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Set Beccles School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
30
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
28
2nd preference
16
3rd preference
9
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
28
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
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
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
34
19
15
Year 8
49
21
28
Year 9
59
28
31
Year 10
74
42
32
Year 11
72
34
38
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
86.0%
85.6%
Further education
52.0%
38.2%
35.4%
School sixth form
4.0%
42.6%
36.6%
Sixth form college
30.0%
4.6%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.3%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.3%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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