Abbeygate Sixth Form College
General Information
- Address: Beetons Way, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3YU – View on map
- Phone: 01284636501
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Stuart Small
- Age range: 16-19 years
- Sixth form: Yes
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 0
- % eligible for free school meals: 0.0%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (similar to the West Suffolk average)
- English as an additional language: 7% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 14% a year (West Suffolk 18.4%, typical in England 15.5%)
- Where they went: about 23% moved to another school, 77% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Suffolk: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 97 (2.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 4
- Suspensions for bullying: 73 (1.6 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 45 (1.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state secondary schools in Suffolk (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 9.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 75 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 17 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 10 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
An Ofsted rating for this school hasn't been added yet.
An Attainment 8 score for this school hasn't been added yet.
Financials
Spending per pupil: £4,632 (2024-25)
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