Editing Beccles (section)

==Education==
Beccles is served by [[Sir John Leman High School]] (age 11–18) and [[SET Beccles School]] (11–16) for [[secondary education]], both of which admit children from the town and the surrounding area, including from primary schools in Norfolk. Until 2012 a middle school system operated in the town, with most children moving to middle school at age 9 and on to high school at age 13.<ref name=edp7sep12>Wood R (2012) [https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/education/new-era-for-education-across-beccles-bungay-and-halesworth-1-1508501 New era for education across Beccles, Bungay and Halesworth], ''[[Eastern Daily Press]]'', 7 September 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2020.</ref><ref name=bb7sep2012>Wood R (2012) [https://www.becclesandbungayjournal.co.uk/news/new-chapter-for-sir-john-leman-high-school-in-beccles-1-1508527 New chapter for Sir John Leman High School in Beccles], ''Beccles and Bungay Journal'', 7 September 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2020.</ref><ref name=sor>[https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/children-families-and-learning/schools/school-organisation-review/background-to-the-school-organisation-review-and-archive/ Background to the School Organisation Review and archive], [[Suffolk County Council]]. Retrieved 31 October 2020.</ref><ref name=sorbeccles>[https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/children-families-and-learning/schools/school-organisation-review/information-for-parents-and-carers/beccles/ Beccles], [[Suffolk County Council]]. Retrieved 31 October 2020.</ref> The Sir John Leman High School dates from 1632 when it was established in the town after the death of [[John Leman]].<ref name=bmhistory>[https://becclesmuseum.org.uk/building-history/ History of the Building], Beccles and District Museum. Retrieved 31 October 2020.</ref> It was a [[grammar school]] between 1914 and 1971.

Three [[primary school]]s operate in Beccles providing education from age 5 to 11: Beccles Primary Academy (formerly Crowfoot Primary School); St Benet's Catholic Primary School; and The Albert Pye School which is federated with Ravensmere Infants School (5–8). Children from the town also attend primary school in Worlingham as well as surrounding villages.<ref name=sil>[https://infolink.suffolk.gov.uk/kb5/suffolk/infolink/results.page?areaserved=beccles&schoolstype=6&communitychannelnew=4-1-1 Suffolk infoLink]. Retrieved 31 October 2020.</ref>