Sir John Leman High School is a secondary school located in Beccles. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 13/10/2016. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.3%, which is 1.3 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Ringsfield Road, Beccles, NR34 9PG
Website: http://www.sirjohnleman.co.uk
Telephone: 01502713223
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Suffolk
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Michael Taylor
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137055

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 13/10/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1476
Number of Pupils: 1451
Number of Boys: 732
Number of Girls: 719

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 13.2% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Above Average: 0.2 Confidence interval 0.03 to 0.36
Of the 238 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 232 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:39%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:97%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:49%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:48.4
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.09
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Benet's Catholic Primary School
Ringsfield Road , NR34 9PQ 		2out of 4 458 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
The Albert Pye Community Primary School
Frederick's Road , NR34 9UL 		3out of 4 671 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Beccles Primary Academy
Ellough Road , NR34 7AB 		2out of 4 1,596 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Ravensmere Infant School
St Benedict's Road , NR34 9DE 		4out of 4 1,609 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Worlingham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Garden Lane , Worlingham NR34 7SB 		4out of 4 2,664 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Sir John Leman High School
Ringsfield Road , NR34 9PG 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Set Beccles School
Castle Hill , NR34 7BQ 		3out of 4 1,128 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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