Alde Valley Academy
Academy sponsor led · 645 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.7
Free schools
Breckland School
- Pupils on roll
- 615of 620 places
- Free school meals
- 25.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 104
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 23 November 2022Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Breckland School has no sixth form. Of the 108 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 2% moved to a sixth form college, 62% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Physical Education is unusually popular at GCSE: 48% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 42.4 against 46.1 across England and 42.8 in Suffolk, with 33% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Suffolk and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Breckland School | Suffolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 108 | 7,591 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 81% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 18% | 39% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 2% | 5% | 13% |
| — further education college | 62% | 42% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Breckland School | Suffolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 42.4 | 42.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 30% | 27% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.72 | 3.70 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 25% | 25% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 38.0 | 30.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 43.8 | 46.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 11% | 10% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 104 | 100% | 89% | 11% | 20% | 63% |
| Combined Science | 104 | 100% | 65% | 7% | 9% | 56% |
| Mathematics | 104 | 100% | 88% | 10% | 22% | 68% |
| English Literature | 102 | 98% | 86% | 9% | 21% | 69% |
| Physical Education | 50 | 48% | 11% | 4% | 24% | 40% |
| French | 43 | 41% | 18% | 9% | 29% | 74% |
| Geography | 42 | 40% | 41% | 21% | 25% | 64% |
| History | 34 | 33% | 41% | 9% | 26% | 47% |
| Business Studies | 29 | 28% | 18% | 3% | 20% | 31% |
| Art and Design | 25 | 24% | 7% | 24% | 24% | 76% |
| Film Studies | 24 | 23% | 1% | 8% | 20% | 46% |
| Drama | 24 | 23% | 7% | 17% | 27% | 63% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 22 | 21% | 8% | 9% | 21% | 64% |
| Computer Science | 21 | 20% | 13% | 14% | 30% | 57% |
| Ancient History | 17 | 16% | 0% | 6% | 37% | 47% |
| Religious Studies | 16 | 15% | 31% | 31% | 32% | 88% |
| Design and Technology | 16 | 15% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 50% |
| Textiles | 14 | 13% | 2% | 29% | 27% | 71% |
| Music | 10 | 10% | 5% | 10% | 33% | 70% |
| Polish | 4 | 4% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Portuguese | 2 | 2% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
Other secondary schools in Suffolk
Beccles High School
Free schools · 182 pupils
77% stayed in education · Attainment 8 27.6
Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics
Academy sponsor led · 1,263 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.9
Bungay High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 922 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.7
Bury St Edmunds County High School
Academy converter · 657 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.8
Castle Manor Academy
Academy converter · 760 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.3
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.