St Benedict's Catholic School

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

SuffolkLocal Authority

Bury St Edmunds and StowmarketConstituency

IP32 6RHPostcode

7.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Benedict's Catholic School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Suffolk, East of England.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 968 pupils. St Benedict's Catholic School is part of Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Multi Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 49.8
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 49.7%
EBacc average point score: 4.6

Ethnicity

White

78%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

968

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

11%

England average

27%

First language not English

23%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 968
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)
MAT name: Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Multi Academy Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 4 June 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
9 Nov 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.