Schools in Bury St Edmunds

About schools in Bury St Edmunds

Bury St Edmunds lists 39 schools, most of them primary schools. Its four secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Older students can carry on at two sixth forms and colleges.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25

58%

of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 27 schools with published results

Key stage 4, 2024/25

45.9

average Attainment 8 score, across the 5 schools with published results

Primary schools28

The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

• Abbots Green Primary Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 2 to 11

  82%

  expected standard
• All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Lawshall

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  80%

  expected standard
• Bardwell Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

  43%

  expected standard
• Barningham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• Barrow Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Beck Row Primary Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• Cockfield Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• Elmswell Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  76%

  expected standard
• Great Barton Church of England Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Great Heath Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  55%

  expected standard
• Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 5 to 11

  69%

  expected standard
• Hardwick Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  35%

  expected standard
• Hartest Church of England Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• Honington Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

• Howard Community Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  36%

  expected standard
• Ickworth Park Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

• Norton CEVC Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  83%

  expected standard
• Rattlesden Church of England Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  75%

  expected standard
• Risby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  54%

  expected standard
• Sebert Wood Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  68%

  expected standard
• Sexton's Manor Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  27%

  expected standard
• St Christopher's CEVCP School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  77%

  expected standard
• St Edmund's Catholic Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  43%

  expected standard
• St Mary's Church of England Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  31%

  expected standard
• Tollgate Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  68%

  expected standard
• Walsham-le-Willows Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  39%

  expected standard
• Woolpit Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

  29%

  expected standard

Secondary schools4

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Bury St Edmunds County High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  49.8

  Attainment 8
• King Edward VI CEVC School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 11 to 16

  45.4

  Attainment 8
• St Benedict's Catholic School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  49.8

  Attainment 8
• Thurston Community College

  Community school · Ages 11 to 18

  46.9

  Attainment 8

Sixth forms and colleges2

• Abbeygate Sixth Form College

  Free schools 16 to 19 · Ages 16 to 19

• West Suffolk College

  Further education · Ages 16 to 99

Special schools and alternative provision3

• Abbey Gardens School

  Other independent special school · Ages 11 to 16

• First Base Bury St Edmunds

  Academy alternative provision converter · Ages 3 to 8

• Priory School

  Academy special converter · Ages 5 to 19

Independent schools1

• South Lee School

  Other independent school · Ages 0 to 13

Other establishments1

• Learning Support, Western Area Education Office

  Miscellaneous · Ages 5 to 16

Common questions about schools in Bury St Edmunds

How many schools does Bury St Edmunds have?

OfferDay lists 39 schools in Bury St Edmunds, including 28 primary schools and four secondary schools.

Who inspects schools in Bury St Edmunds?

Every school in Bury St Edmunds is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.

How are schools in Bury St Edmunds ranked?

OfferDay ranks schools in Bury St Edmunds where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

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. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.