Bungay High School
Queen's Road, Bungay, NR35 1RW
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- EAST ANGLIAN SCHOOLS TRUST LTD
- Headteacher
- Mrs Chanel Oswick
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- East Anglian Schools Trust
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,200
- Pupils on roll
- 922
- URN
- 136998
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01986892140
About this school
Bungay High School is a secondary academy in Bungay. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 922 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Bungay High School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 150 | 152 | 187 |
| Attainment 8 score | 45.1 | 46.0 | 41.7 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.06 -0.28 to +0.17 | +0.08 -0.15 to +0.31 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40% | 40.1% | 35.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 65% | 70.4% | 59.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 15% | 21.7% | 21.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.7 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Bungay High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Suffolk average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 45.1 | 37.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 46 | 37.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 41.7 | 36 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 946 |
| 2023/24 | 985 |
| 2024/25 | 996 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bungay High School compares
Bungay High School ranked 27th of 43 secondary schools in Suffolk for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 44% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 41.7 | 10.1% | 23.7% | 922 | — |
| Sir John Leman High School | 44.8 | 8.9% | 23.1% | 1,404 | 4.9 miles |
| Beccles High School | 27.6 | 11.9% | 51.3% | 182 | 5.5 miles |
| Hobart High School | 46.1 | 9% | 22.8% | 673 | 6.2 miles |
| Long Stratton High School | 50.8 | 9.6% | 20.6% | 679 | 9.5 miles |
| Framingham Earl High School | 50.6 | 9.1% | 16.3% | 791 | 10.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 23.74%
- English as an additional language
- 4.1%
- Overall absence
- 10.13%
- Persistent absence
- 27.34%
Location
Nearby schools
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Sir John Leman High School4.9 miles
Secondary · Beccles
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Beccles High School5.5 miles
Secondary · Beccles
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Hobart High School6.2 miles
Secondary · Norwich
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Long Stratton High School9.5 miles
Secondary · Norwich
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Framingham Earl High School10.3 miles
Secondary · Norwich
Other schools in Bungay
- Bungay Primary School Primary
- Ditchingham Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Ellingham VC Primary School Primary
- St Edmund's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Woodton Primary School Primary
- Castle EAST School Free Schools
- Turnstone House School Special schools
Common questions
- What ages does Bungay High School teach?
- Bungay High School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Bungay.
- Who is the headteacher of Bungay High School?
- The headteacher of Bungay High School is Mrs Chanel Oswick, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Bungay High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bungay High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Bungay High School?
- Bungay High School has 922 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Bungay High School full?
- Bungay High School has capacity for 1,200 pupils and 922 on roll (77%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Bungay High School a faith school?
- No. Bungay High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Bungay High School a selective school?
- No. Bungay High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Bungay High School part of an academy trust?
- Bungay High School is part of EAST ANGLIAN SCHOOLS TRUST LTD. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Bungay High School have?
- The schools register lists Bungay High School's special educational needs provision as: HI - Hearing Impairment. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Bungay High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 45.1 in 2022/23 and 41.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bungay High School compare with other schools in Suffolk?
- Bungay High School ranked 27th of 43 secondary schools in Suffolk for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 44% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bungay High School's absence rate?
- Bungay High School's overall absence rate is 10.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bungay High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bungay High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.