Secondary
Beccles High School
Castle Hill, Beccles, NR34 7BQ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 182 of 600 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.3
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Trust
- SAPIENTIA EDUCATION TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 22.1
- Pupils per adult
- 13.0
- Pupils
- 288
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 February 2024
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
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.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
18%
27.6
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 27.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.35 |
| Entered the EBacc | 10% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 31% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 18% |
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 | 24% |
| 22/23 | 19% |
| 23/24 | 17% |
| 24/25 | 18% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.38 |
| 22/23 | -1.68 |
| 23/24 | -1.15 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 38.9 |
| 22/23 | 28.4 |
| 23/24 | 30.9 |
| 24/25 | 27.6 |
Castle Hill, Beccles, NR34 7BQ
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
- Headteacher
- Christopher Barns
- Address
- Castle Hill, Beccles, NR34 7BQ
- Telephone
- 01502718850