Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Lowestoft, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.457 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics is a secondary school in Lowestoft, Suffolk for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 21 January 2025. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics 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 | 1.457 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
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.457 miles from the school, further out than in 2025.
- That 2026 Year 7 distance was the 5th shortest of 18 Suffolk secondary schools with a published last distance (this one included), where the middle figure was 5.19 miles.
- Year 7 2026 had 270 first-choice applications for 262 offers; 258 offers went to first-choice families and 12 first-choice families (4%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 46% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd highest 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
- Blyford Road, Lowestoft, NR32 4PZ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 1,263 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 21 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are encouraged to make a difference to their own lives and the lives of others.”
- “The school actively seeks ways to improve pupils’ life chances and develop their character.”
- “Music and the performing arts are at the heart of the exceptional programme of enrichment activities.”
To improve
- “In the past, academic outcomes have been low in some subjects.”
- “However, some pupils still do not attend regularly enough.”
- “Through their absence, these pupils do not achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 March 2025 (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) | 46% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.9 | 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: 270 first-preference applications, 262 offers in total, 258 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.
- Ormiston Denes Academy 0.9 mi Not judged
- East Point Academy 2.0 mi School remains Good
- Pakefield High School 3.3 mi Good
- Beccles High School 7.4 mi Requires improvement
- Sir John Leman High School 8.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bungay High School 12.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Alde Valley Academy 21.2 mi Requires improvement
- Stradbroke High School 23.0 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next