Bury St Edmunds County High School
Academy · Year 7–Year 11 · 657 pupils
St Benedict's Catholic School
Beetons Way, Bury St Edmunds IP32 6RH
Year groups
Year 7–Year 13
Secondary
Pupils
968
On roll
Ages
11–18
Capacity 852
Local authority
Suffolk
Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Multi Academy Trust
Schola Grade 6
GCSE-style grade (9–1) · compared with 3,207 state-funded secondary schools in England · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other state-funded secondary schools in England; the line marks the middle. Data: key stage 2 tests, GCSE results (Attainment 8) and persistent absence, 2024/25 (Department for Education).
About St Benedict's Catholic School
St Benedict's Catholic School is a secondary academy in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, for pupils aged 11–18 (Year 7–Year 13). It is part of Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Multi Academy Trust.
It has 968 pupils on roll and room for 852. It has a sixth form. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Its Schola Grade is 6 on the GCSE-style 9–1 scale, compared with 3,207 state-funded secondary schools in England.
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Academy · What this means
- Level
- Secondary
- Year groups
- Year 7–Year 13
- Ages
- 11–18
- Official type
- Academy converter
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Pupils on roll
- 968
- Capacity
- 852 pupils
- Free school meals
- 11.60% of pupils eligible
- Academy trust
- Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Multi Academy Trust
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Nation
- England
- URN
- 149285
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