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Beccles High School

URN
138274
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Beccles High School
URN
138274
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

42 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

29

Inspection

50

Admissions Value

37

Destinations

22

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

School rankings are not currently available.

School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

Not enough information is available to generate a recommendation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
19 March 2024
Inspection date
7 February 2024
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Requires improvement

    Graded 19 March 2024

  • Quality of education

    Requires improvement

    Graded 19 March 2024

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

28

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

58

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

28

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.07×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Suffolk
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Suffolk)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.beccleshighschool.org

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Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

27.6

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

17.9%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

31.3%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

10.4%

EBacc achievement

Location

NR34 7BQ - Castle Hill, Beccles, Suffolk

Contact details

Address
Castle Hill, Beccles, Suffolk
Postcode
NR34 7BQ
Phone
1502718850
Website
www.beccleshighschool.org
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Suffolk
Local authority code
935

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 746 schools in Suffolk.

Authority statistics

Total schools

746

Open schools

367

Closed schools

379

Primary schools

475

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Requires improvement

    Graded 19 March 2024

  • Personal development

    Requires improvement

    Graded 19 March 2024

  • Leadership and management

    Requires improvement

    Graded 19 March 2024

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    19 March 20247 February 2024S5 InspectionRequires improvementView report for inspection published 19 March 2024
    • Requires improvement

      Published
      19 March 2024
      Inspected
      7 February 2024
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    48.3%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 28

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    1.5%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    77.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    2.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    0.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    15.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    83

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary475 (63.8%)
    • Secondary83 (11.2%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other186 (25.0%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Beccles Middle School0 mMiddle deemed secondaryClosed
    Beccles Primary Academy429 mPrimaryOpen
    Crowfoot Community Primary School429 mPrimaryClosed
    Ravensmere Infant School504 mPrimaryOpen
    The Albert Pye Community Primary School520 mPrimaryClosed
    The Albert Pye Community Primary School520 mPrimaryOpen
    Sir John Leman High School1.0 kmSecondaryClosed
    Sir John Leman High School1.0 kmSecondaryOpen
    St Benet's Catholic Primary School1.1 kmPrimaryClosed
    St Benet's Catholic Primary School1.1 kmPrimaryOpen
    • Beccles Middle School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Middle deemed secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Beccles Primary Academy
      Distance
      429 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Crowfoot Community Primary School
      Distance
      429 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Ravensmere Infant School
      Distance
      504 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

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    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Suffolk)

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    • Alde Valley School
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      Postcode
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    • Breckland School
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      Postcode
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    • Bungay High School
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    Distance
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    Phase
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    Distance
    520 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Sir John Leman High School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
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    Status
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  • Sir John Leman High School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
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    Status
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  • St Benet's Catholic Primary School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
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  • St Benet's Catholic Primary School
    Distance
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    Phase
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    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
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    Status
    Closed