Culford School
Other independent school · Mixed · Suffolk
Bury St. Edmunds, IP28 6TX
40
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
863
Capacity used
Nearly full98%
885 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 1–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Methodist
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Headteacher
- Claire Bentley
- Address
- Culford, Bury St. Edmunds, IP28 6TX
- Phone
- 01284728615
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Ward / constituency
- Risby · West Suffolk
- Area
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 124886
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
863 pupils · 885 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
Read the full Ofsted reportGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 28.2 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 100% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 3% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 2.80 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 40.21 | — | — |
Average grade: B (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 31.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 1.9% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.99 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 108 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 39.15 | 35 |
| Average grade | B | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 12.8% | 17% |
| A-level students | 70 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | 55 | 69% | 100% | 100% | |
| Biology | 54 | 63% | 98% | 100% | |
| Physics | 54 | 61% | 100% | 100% | |
| Combined Science | 41 | 5% | 61% | 93% | |
| History | 39 | 67% | 92% | 97% | |
| Design & Technology | 36 | 47% | 97% | 100% | |
| French | 33 | 73% | 88% | 91% | |
| Spanish | 27 | 41% | 85% | 96% | |
| Religious Studies | 25 | 64% | 92% | 96% | |
| Physical Education | 23 | 35% | 83% | 91% | |
| Statistics | 21 | 81% | 95% | 95% | |
| Art and Design | 16 | 56% | 100% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 22 | 9% | 23% | 45% | |
| Geography | 20 | 10% | 20% | 90% | |
| Psychology | 16 | 0% | 19% | 56% | |
| Business Studies | 13 | 8% | 23% | 77% | |
| Physical Education / Sports Studies | 12 | 0% | 0% | 17% | |
| Chemistry | 11 | 18% | 36% | 82% | |
| Religious Studies | 11 | 0% | 27% | 91% | |
| Economics | 10 | 10% | 50% | 80% | |
| Physics | 9 | 0% | 11% | 56% | |
| Art and Design | 9 | 44% | 67% | 89% | |
| Drama and Theatre Studies | 8 | 0% | 0% | 63% | |
| Textiles | 7 | 29% | 57% | 71% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 12781: Culford School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.