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King Edward VI CEVC School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Voluntary controlled
Grove Road, Bury St Edmunds IP33 3BH · king-ed.suffolk.sch.uk · 01284 761393
On the mapSearch near IP33 3BH
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 45.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Suffolk 42.8, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,189
- 99% of 1,200 places
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 21.9%
- First language not English
- 6.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 226 families put the school first and 225 places were offered; 94% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 225 | 226 | 1▲ | 94% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 236 | 205 | 0.9 | 99% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 237 | 296 | 1.2▲ | 77% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 236 | 262 | 1.1▲ | 87% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 215 | 194 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45.4, and 38% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Suffolk it was 42.8, and across England 46.
In 2018/19 the average A level result was grade C+ (31.9 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●45.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼38.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ●62.9% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼16.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ●3.93 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 35 | −11.8 |
| Further education | 54.7 | +12.1 |
| Other education | 1.7 | +1.3 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.1 | −0.4 |
| Employment | 1.7 | −0.8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 1.7 | −2.1 |
| Activity not captured | 3 | +2.6 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2018/19 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 211 students | C+ (31.9) | Above average +0.15 | |
| 214 students | C+ (32.4) | Above average +0.16 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 200 | C (31.2) | +0.04 |
| 2016/17 | 193 | C+ (33) | +0.14 |
| 2015/16 | 192 | C (31.4) | -0.07 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2018/19 | Since 2016/17 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 57 | +3 |
| Further and other education | 7 | 0 |
| Further education | 4 | — |
| Other education | 3 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 3 | 0 |
| Employment | 23 | −4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7 | +1 |
| Activity not captured | 4 | 0 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 9 October 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for King Edward VI CEVC School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 8 Oct 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective Dec 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Feb 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Outstanding
What parents said
82% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (212 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 82%
- Replies
- 212
- 18% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 49% who had a child bullied
based on 68 parents (32%) with SEND