King Edward VI CEVC School

GCSE results 2024/25

On Attainment 8 this school is around the middle of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the lower half.

Progress 8 2023/24

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

Pupils

Pupils on roll

1189

Places

1200

How full

Nearly full — 1189 of 1200 places taken

Girls / boys

563 / 626

Overall absence

10%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent

25%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years

20%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language

7%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan

5%

England 3.5%

On SEN support

12%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training

95%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education

91%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship

1%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form

42%

No sustained destination

3%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort

239

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for West Suffolk 011D, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree

37%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

19%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home

46%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing

23%

England 17%

Households with no car

27%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive

33%

England 39.9%

School details

Type

Voluntary controlled school

Phase

Secondary

Ages

Ages 11–16

Gender

Mixed

Admissions

Non-selective

Religious character

Church of England

Sixth form

No

Nursery

No

Boarding

Day school

Headteacher

Headteacher: Deri O'Regan

Local authority

Suffolk

Ward

Tollgate

Constituency

Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket

URN

124856

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.