Bungay High School, Bungay
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 6 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Bungay High School creates a warm, supportive environment where pupils benefit from effective teaching and clear routines. The school excels at identifying and meeting the needs of vulnerable learners, including young carers and those with emotional difficulties, ensuring they access the same ambitious curriculum as their peers. Pupils have abundant opportunities to develop confidence and leadership through clubs, competitions, and a comprehensive personal development programme.
Key Strengths
- Strong progress in modern languages, art, and humanities with improved pupil writing and vocabulary use
- Effective inclusion support with targeted provision for vulnerable pupils, young carers, and those with emotional needs
- Well-planned curriculum with improved reading, mathematics and writing instruction
- Comprehensive careers education with strong apprenticeship and employer engagement
- Calm, purposeful learning environments with clear behaviour routines in most lessons
Areas for Improvement
- Overall attendance is too low with persistent absence remaining high - needs further acceleration
- Inconsistent teacher responses to low-level disruption in some lessons
- Occasional behavioural issues in social spaces need more consistent handling
- Some teaching does not provide tailored practice needed to secure new learning in all cases
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - the school has created an open and positive culture of safeguarding where all legal requirements are fulfilled and pupils feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Student council, eco-projects, peer mentoring, global majority group, clubs, competitions, visits, work experience (5 days for Year 10), regional museum trips
Bungay High School is a secondary school in Suffolk that demonstrates expected standards across most areas, with effective teaching, strong curriculum improvements, and good support for vulnerable pupils. The school has identified attendance as an area needing improvement despite recent positive steps.
At a Glance
26.1%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
Yes
Sixth Form
HI - Hearing Impairment
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
20.9
Avg class size
44
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
77%
Available places
922 pupils
1,200 capacity
278 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Bungay
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Bungay
Admissions Demand - Suffolk
Places available
8,496
Applications
7,401
Got 1st preference
92.0%
Got preferred school
97.4%
Secondary admissions across Suffolk (2025/26)
Inspection History(6)
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
10.1273%
Overall absence
27.33964%
Persistent absence
951
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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