# Bury St Edmunds County High School

Bury St Edmunds County High School is a secondary school in West Suffolk, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 657 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E136990. [West Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 657
- Council: West Suffolk
- URN: 136990

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 19 May 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard
- Early years: Not applicable
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Bury St Edmunds County High School was 44.8, against 41.6 in West Suffolk and 46.2 in England.
44.3% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | West Suffolk | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 44.8 | 41.6 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44.3% | 36.9% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62.2% | 56.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 185 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [St Benedict's Catholic School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-benedicts-catholic-school-e149285): 180 m. Secondary. Standards maintained, June 2025. Attainment 8 of 51.9 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Tollgate Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tollgate-primary-school-e140998): 410 m. Primary. Good (overall), October 2023. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [King Edward VI CEVC School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/king-edward-vi-cevc-school-e124856): 650 m. Secondary. Standards maintained, October 2024. Attainment 8 of 42.4 (2025/26, provisional)
- [St Edmundsbury CofE Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-edmundsbury-cofe-primary-academy-e151165): 780 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), March 2024, before the school changed. 25% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The Albany](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-albany-e150266): 810 m. Pupil referral and alternative provision. Inadequate (overall), May 2023, before the school changed, special measures
- [Abbey Gardens School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/abbey-gardens-school-e152428): 810 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/136990)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/136990)

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