Beccles High School
Castle Hill, Beccles, NR34 7BQ
182 pupils · 30% of 600 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- SAPIENTIA EDUCATION TRUST
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Free school meals
- 50%
Ofsted
Requires improvement (2024) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 7 February 2024, published 19 March 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 27.6 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 17.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 31.3% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 10.4% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.98 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 40 | 39 | 89 | 40 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 28 | 28 | 58 | 28 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 30 | 28 | 53 | 30 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 29 | 29 | 62 | 29 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 41 | 40 | 89 | 41 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 41 | 40 | 99 | 41 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 53 | 45 | 97 | 52 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 62 | 56 | 114 | 62 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Sir John Leman High School 1 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Bungay High School 8.9 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Pakefield High School 10.3 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- East Point Academy 10.7 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Hobart High School 11.1 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics 11.9 km · No overall grade (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.