Bury St Edmunds County High School
Bury St Edmunds, IP32 6RF · Suffolk · secondary school
10th of 43 secondary schools in Suffolk we can score. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 6.7/10 against 919 of them, against 6.0/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.
How this is worked out
| Measure | Percentile | Weight | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ofsted | 52 | 35% | 1.81 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 | 53.0 · 71 | 30% | 2.12 |
| Progress 8 2023/24 | -0.09 · 43 | 25% | 1.08 |
| Attainment 8 2024/25 | 49.8 · 70 | 10% | 0.70 |
Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.
Get to know the school
How it's doing. The school is rated Good by Ofsted following an inspection in 2026. In 2024/25, 53.0% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 49.8, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was -0.09 in 2023/24, meaning pupils did slightly worse than those nationally who started from the same place. Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still (6.7 out of 10 against similar schools, 6.0 out of 10 against all schools).
Beyond the classroom. Pupils can join the Duke of Edinburgh, Engineering Education Scheme, Choir, Orchestra, and Jazz Band. They take part in voice lessons and a ski trip. Trips include language exchanges to France, Germany, Japan, and Spain; sports tours to Barcelona and South Africa; a physics trip to CERN; history visits to battlefields, Munich, Berlin, and Washington; a classics trip to Pompeii; and art tours to Paris.
Getting in. There are 739 pupils in a school with 1020 places, leaving 281 spare places. The school has real spare room, so a place is likely and classes are smaller than it is built for.
Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils in the smaller classes to ensure they remain challenged? What specific support is available for students aiming for higher grades in English and maths? How
Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.
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