Bungay High School Explained

Bungay High School
Coordinates:52.4454°N 1.4433°W
Motto:Clarior Usta Rogo (I beseech thee to burn more brightly)
Type:Academy
President:Alfie Earl
Head:Chanel Oswick
Free Label 1:Specialist
Free 1:Science
Address:Queen's Road
City:Bungay
County:Suffolk
Country:England
Postcode:NR35 1RW
Local Authority:Suffolk
Ofsted:Good
Urn:136998
Founder:Lionel Throckmorton
Gender:Co-educational
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:18
Houses:Pegasus, Gryffin, Phoenix, Wyvern
Website:http://www.bungayhigh.co.uk

Bungay High School is a mixed-sex secondary school with academy status in the town of Bungay in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It caters for pupils aged 11 to 18. The school was founded by Lionel Throckmorton (or Throkmorton) as Bungay Grammar School in 1565 and became Bungay High School in 1974.[1] It occupies a site on the Queen's Road site to the south of the town centre.

The school operates a sixth form on the site of the high school. This caters for post-16 students, including offering a range of vocational and academic qualification. The school also operated North Suffolk Skills Academy in Halesworth, 9miles south of Bungay. This closed in August 2017 due to the lack of funding.[2]

In 2021, the school was awarded an Ofsted inspection rating of "good".[3]

Notable alumni

Bungay Grammar School

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Bungay reunion to mark 450th anniversary of founding of school. Beccles & Bungay Journal. 15 April 2015. 17 November 2015.
    - News: School celebrates 450th anniversary. Eastern Daily Press. 27 June 2015. 17 November 2015.
  2. Web site: Barker . Ellis . 2016-03-03 . North Suffolk Skills Academy in Halesworth will close ‘with heavy hearts’ next August . 2022-05-31 . East Anglian Daily Times . en-UK.
  3. Web site: Inspection of a good school: Bungay High School. 2021. Ofsted. 10 April 2022.