Breckland School
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–16 · Brandon, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Year 7 2025
6.392 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 3 March 2025
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Breckland School is a secondary school in Brandon, Suffolk for ages 11–16 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 23 November 2022. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 entry.
Breckland 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 2025 | 6.392 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2025 the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 6.392 miles from the school.
- Year 7 2026 drew 95 first-choice applications for 99 offers: every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 29 of the 131 applications (22%) came from families living outside Suffolk, and 13 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 33% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd 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
- Crown Street, Brandon, IP27 0PE
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 615 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 23 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at Breckland School.”
- “Pupils are looked after well by staff, particularly their ‘mentors’ who they see every day.”
- “There are plenty of places to go or adults to speak to if pupils have a worry or concern.”
To improve
- “However, some teachers do not make the right adaptations to their teaching to help pupils with SEND sufficiently.”
- “In these instances, pupils with SEND do not make the same progress as their peers.”
- “This has led to an increase in staff workload.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 January 2023 (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) | 33% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.4 | 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: 95 first-preference applications, 99 offers in total, 95 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.
- Mildenhall College Academy 7.5 mi School remains Good
- St Benedict's Catholic School 13.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bury St Edmunds County High School 13.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- King Edward VI CEVC School 13.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ixworth High School 13.9 mi Not judged
- Sybil Andrews Academy 15.1 mi Good
- Thurston Community College 15.5 mi School remains Good
- Newmarket Academy 15.8 mi Good