Breckland School

Crown Street, Brandon, IP27 0PE

615 pupils · 99% of 620 capacity

Phase
Secondary
Type
Free schools
Ages
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Trust
UNITY SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP
Local authority
Suffolk
Free school meals
25.7%

Ofsted

Good (2022)Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 23 November 2022, published 22 January 2023. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

Measure2024/25
Attainment 8 score42.4
Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass)32.7%
Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass)59.6%
Entering the English Baccalaureate29.8%

Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.

Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Roughly one first choice per place 0.96 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

Applications and offers by entry year
EntryPlaces1st preferencesTotal preferencesOffers
Sept 2026 entry999513198
Sept 2025 entry115116162115
Sept 2024 entry118159205118
Sept 2023 entry118110135117
Sept 2022 entry119145193119
Sept 2021 entry115136200115
Sept 2020 entry100106153100
Sept 2019 entry989914698

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.

Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.