Beccles High School
Secondary · Free schools · Mixed · Suffolk
Castle Hill, Beccles, NR34 7BQ
44
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Requires improvement
Graded 07/02/2024
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
88.1%
34.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
182
Capacity used
Has space30%
600 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
28 of 28 families who put it first got an offer
28
Places offered
58
Total applications
2.1
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 28 | 28 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 21 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 3rd preference | 9 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 58 | 28 | 48% |
1st preference success by year
Suffolk lets families list 3 preferences. 3 applications came from outside the council area (1 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Christopher Barns
- Address
- Castle Hill, Beccles, NR34 7BQ
- Phone
- 01502718850
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Ward / constituency
- Beccles & Worlingham · Lowestoft
- Area
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 138274
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 50% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 2% | — | — |
| SEN support | 10% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: SAPIENTIA EDUCATION TRUST
182 pupils · 600 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
07 February 2024
Full graded inspection
Requires improvement overall effectivenessPersonal development Requires improvement Quality of education Requires improvement Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 264 pupils
Attendance
88.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
11.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
34.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
8.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.9%
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 | 30.9 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -1.15 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 17% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 41% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 2.63 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 27.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 17.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 31.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 10.4% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.35 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 67 | — |
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.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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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.