Secondary
Breckland School
Crown Street, Brandon, IP27 0PE
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 615 of 620 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.0
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Trust
- UNITY SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 31.9
- All staff (FTE)
- 46.0
- Pupils per adult
- 13.2
- Pupils
- 607
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2022
Good
Still graded as at
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
33%
42.4
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 42.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.72 |
| Entered the EBacc | 30% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 39% |
| 22/23 | 39% |
| 23/24 | 27% |
| 24/25 | 33% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.07 |
| 22/23 | -0.01 |
| 23/24 | -0.34 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 44.6 |
| 22/23 | 42.8 |
| 23/24 | 38.0 |
| 24/25 | 42.4 |
Crown Street, Brandon, IP27 0PE
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Suffolk admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- James Chapman
- Address
- Crown Street, Brandon, IP27 0PE
- Telephone
- 01842819501