Beccles High School

Type Secondary / Free schools
Age Range 11-16
Religion Unknown
Address Castle Hill
Beccles
Suffolk
NR34 7BQ
Phone 01502718850
Reference Number 138274

General Makeup

Number of pupils 288
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50%
Girls: 50%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 46.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 24

Year Groups

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

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 93.8%
White, Other 1.4%
White & Asian 1%
Unclassified 1%
Indian 0.7%
Mixed, Other 0.7%
White & Black (African) 0.3%
African 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating Requires Improvement
 >  Quality of education Requires Improvement
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Requires Improvement
  >  Personal Development Requires Improvement
  >  Leadership & Management Requires Improvement
Last Inspection Date 2024-03-20
Date Description Report
2024-02-07 School inspection: School inspection:
2018-05-09 Short inspection Short inspection
2014-05-21 Full inspection: Full inspection:

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
30.9 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 16.9% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 31% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 16 2
Third Preference 9 0
From another Local Authority 1 0

Previous Years

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Name Distance
Beccles Primary Academy
Ellough Road, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7AB
0.27 miles
Ravensmere Infant School
Fredericks Road, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 9UL
0.31 miles
The Albert Pye Community Primary School
Frederick's Road, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 9UL
0.32 miles
St Benet's Catholic Primary School
Ringsfield Road, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 9PQ
0.66 miles
Worlingham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Garden Lane, Worlingham, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7SB
0.88 miles
Gillingham St Michael's Church of England Primary Academy
The Boundaries, Geldeston Road, Gillingham, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 0HT
1.98 miles
Ringsfield Church of England Primary School
School Road, Ringsfield, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8NZ
2.13 miles
Barnby and North Cove Community Primary School
The Street, Barnby, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7QB
2.69 miles
Glebeland Community Primary School
Beccles Road, Toft Monks, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 0EW
3.68 miles
Ellingham VC Primary School
Church Road, Ellingham, Ellingham Vc Primary School, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 2PZ
4.31 miles
Brampton Church of England Primary School
Southwold Road, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8DW
4.7 miles
The Old School
Toad Row, Beccles, NR34 7LG
4.71 miles
Name Distance
Sir John Leman High School
Ringsfield Road, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 9PG
0.64 miles
Turnstone House School
Birtwick Park, Old Bungay Road, Kirby Cane, BUNGAY, Suffolk, NR35 2HP
4.43 miles
Sunrise Academy
Church Lane, Lowestoft, NR33 8AX
4.95 miles
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Students getting 5 or more GCSE's at grade 9-4 (A-C)

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