West Suffolk College
West Suffolk College is a further education in Bury St Edmunds for boys and girls aged 16 to 99.
Out Risbygate, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3RL01284 701301wsc.ac.ukDr Nikos Savvas principalAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
A level and sixth-form results, 2025
1,706 students finished sixth-form courses.
All sixth-form measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 1,706 | 1,737 | 1,551 | 1,650 | 2,924 | 2,895 |
| Average A level grade | – | – | z | – | – | – |
| Applied general courses: points per entry | 28.74 | 26.77 | 27.27 | 28.72 | – | – |
| T levels: points per entry | 26.06 | 27.22 | 23.90 | 25.93 | – | – |
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Suffolk council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
What pupils do next
After sixth form
Where the 1,451 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 69%, compared with 81% for everyone else.
Where the ones heading for university went
Among students from low-income families, 34% went on to degree-level study or training and 1% to a top-third university.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers | 2019/20 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 79% | 77% | 78% | – |
| Education | 21% | 20% | 22% | – |
| Apprenticeship | 12% | 11% | 11% | 1% |
| Work | 46% | 45% | 45% | – |
| Not in education, work or training | 15% | 19% | 17% | – |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbeygate Sixth Form College | Free schools 16 to 19 | 90 m | 1,163 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Edmundsbury CofE Primary Academy | Academy | 160 m | 168 | Requires improvement 2024 | 1 | Compare |
| King Edward VI CEVC School | Church of England | 330 m | 1,189 | Not inspected | 36 | Compare |
| Bury St Edmunds County High School | Academy | 830 m | 657 | Report card 2026 | 55 | Compare |
| St Benedict's Catholic School | Academy | 0.6 miles | 968 | Not inspected | 70 | Compare |
| Sexton's Manor Primary School | Academy | 0.6 miles | 165 | Not inspected | 1 | Compare |
| Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery | Council | 0.6 miles | 301 | Good 2022 | 8 | Compare |
| Tollgate Primary School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 437 | Good 2023 | 33 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is West Suffolk College a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score West Suffolk College yet.
How many pupils does West Suffolk College have?
The number of pupils is not published.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Out Risbygate, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3RL
- Telephone
- 01284 701301
- Website
- www.wsc.ac.uk
- Principal
- Dr Nikos Savvas
- Type of school
- Further education (Further education, colleges)
- Phase
- College, ages 16-99
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Ward
- Tollgate
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 130818 · LAESTAB 9358000 · UKPRN 10007431
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.