St Benedict's Catholic School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
6.381 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Benedict's Catholic School is a secondary school in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 4 June 2025. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
St Benedict's Catholic 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 | 6.381 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 6.381 miles away, nearer the school than in 2025.
- Year 7 2026 drew 239 first-choice applications for 167 offers, 1.4 first choices per offer, the highest of 42 Suffolk secondary schools.
- For Year 7 2026, 165 offers went to first-choice families, and 74 first-choice families (31%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 49.8 (England 46).
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
- Beetons Way, Bury St Edmunds, IP32 6RH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 968 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 4 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils who attend St Benedict’s Catholic school are encouraged to be the best versions of themselves.”
- “Alongside an education that provides them with knowledge to succeed, they are encouraged to reflect and consider the wider world and the people in it.”
- “This fully embodies the schools’ values of ‘wisdom, compassion and resilience’.”
To improve
- “However, these checks are not always used consistently to gauge pupils’ understanding and to know when they are ready to move on.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 June 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) | 50% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 49.8 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
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: 239 first-preference applications, 167 offers in total, 165 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 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- King Edward VI CEVC School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sybil Andrews Academy 2.6 mi Good
- Thurston Community College 4.6 mi School remains Good
- Ixworth High School 6.6 mi Not judged
- Mildenhall College Academy 9.4 mi School remains Good
- Stowmarket High School 12.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Newmarket Academy 12.9 mi Good