Secondary schools in Bury St Edmunds
5 secondary schools in Bury St Edmunds, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Bury St Edmunds in figures
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 5 schools in Bury St Edmunds first 904 times for 876 places: 1.03 first choices per place, against 0.99 across the Suffolk authority's 43 schools. 2 of the 5 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: King Edward VI CEVC School, to 5.19 miles.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Sybil Andrews Academy
- Thurston Community College
- King Edward VI CEVC School
- Bury St Edmunds County High School
- St Benedict's Catholic School
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