King Edward VI CEVC School
Secondary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 11–16 · Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
5.190 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
King Edward VI CEVC School is a secondary school in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk for ages 11–16 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 9 October 2024. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
King Edward VI CEVC School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 5.190 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 5.190 miles away, the 9th longest of 18 Suffolk secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- That Year 7 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025.
- Year 7 2026 had 226 first-choice applications for 225 offers; 212 offers went to first-choice families, and 14 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 38% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Suffolk.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Suffolk schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Grove Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3BH
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 1,189 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 9 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this school.”
- “They particularly benefit from the wide range of subjects and from the care that staff take to ensure their well-being.”
- “The curriculum is well organised and there is a culture of high expectations.”
To improve
- “This is not yet consistent, and so not all pupils achieve as well as they could.”
- “The school also needs to provide further opportunities for extended writing so that pupils develop confidence and independence in their written work.”
- “Further tracking would help to increase participation so that more pupils, especially those who are disadvantaged, would benefit from developing their skills and increasing their enjoyment.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 38% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.4 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 226 first-preference applications, 225 offers in total, 212 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Suffolk.
- Bury St Edmunds County High School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Benedict's Catholic School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sybil Andrews Academy 2.3 mi Good
- Thurston Community College 4.5 mi School remains Good
- Ixworth High School 6.8 mi Not judged
- Mildenhall College Academy 9.8 mi School remains Good
- Stowmarket High School 12.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Stour Valley Community School 12.8 mi Good Last distance published