King Edward VI CEVC School
Secondary · Voluntary controlled school · Mixed · Suffolk
Grove Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3BH
61
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
99%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
90.1%
25.2% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,189
Capacity used
Nearly full99%
1,200 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
99%
1st preference success rate
203 of 205 families who put it first got an offer
236
Places offered
429
Total applications
1.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 205 | 203 | ● 99% |
| 2nd preference | 161 | 31 | ● 19% |
| 3rd preference | 63 | 2 | ● 3% |
| Total | 429 | 236 | 55% |
1st preference success by year
Suffolk lets families list 3 preferences. 12 applications came from outside the council area (5 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Tom Grey
- Address
- Grove Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3BH
- Phone
- 01284761393
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Ward / constituency
- Tollgate · Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
- Area
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 124856
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 22% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 6% | — | — |
| SEN support | 9% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,189 pupils · 1,200 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
09 October 2024
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,236 pupils
Attendance
90.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
9.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
25.2%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
5.5%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.6%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 42.9 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.10 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 39% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 65% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.72 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 45.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 38% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 62.9% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 16.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.93 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 229 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 31.93 | 35 |
| Average grade | C+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 10.5% | 17% |
| A-level students | 211 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 222 | 18% | 43% | 70% | |
| English Language | 222 | 23% | 52% | 67% | |
| English Literature | 217 | 19% | 52% | 71% | |
| Combined Science | 165 | 6% | 30% | 55% | |
| Social Studies | 121 | 17% | 38% | 51% | |
| Geography | 114 | 22% | 43% | 55% | |
| History | 109 | 29% | 52% | 63% | |
| Art and Design | 94 | 21% | 40% | 50% | |
| Business | 75 | 16% | 31% | 51% | |
| Biology | 56 | 57% | 95% | 100% | |
| Physics | 56 | 55% | 89% | 98% | |
| Chemistry | 56 | 46% | 88% | 100% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Suffolk council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.