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Beccles High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Free school
Castle Hill, Beccles NR34 7BQ · beccleshighschool.org · 01502 718850
On the mapSearch near NR34 7BQ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 27.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Suffolk 42.8, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 182
- 30% of 600 places
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 50%
- First language not English
- 1.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 39 families put the school first and 40 places were offered; 100% 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 | 40 | 39 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 28 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 41 | 40 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 27.6, and 17.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Suffolk it was 42.8, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼27.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼17.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼31.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼10.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.35 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 4.2 | −0.1 |
| Sixth form college | 1.4 | −29 |
| Further education | 77.5 | +25.3 |
| Other education | 2.8 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 1.4 | −2.9 |
| Employment | 4.2 | +2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.6 | −0.9 |
| Activity not captured | 2.8 | — |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Beccles High School on 30 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 30 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Feb 2024
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2024Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective May 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
61% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (74 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 61%
- Replies
- 74
- 26% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 93% who raised concerns
based on the 59% who had a child bullied
based on 26 parents (35%) with SEND