Schools in Suffolk

291 schools with published admissions figures

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The newest figures for each school. "1st prefs per place" is how many families put the school first, for each place it gave out. It measures demand, not whether a child would get a place. A dash means the figure is not available.

How the 2026 round went in Suffolk

Primary

Offered their first choice 94.9%
Of families applying for a primary place for September 2026. Against 90.8% in 2016.
Offered one of their three 99.1%
Families offered any of the schools they named.
Families who applied 6,492
Applications received for a primary place. A family naming three schools counts once.

For September 2026, 94.9% of families applying for a primary place here were offered their first choice, and 99.1% were offered one of the three schools they named.

That is 4.1 points higher than in 2016, when it was 90.8%.

The council's primary schools between them had 8,806 places for 6,492 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it.

Secondary

Offered their first choice 92.7%
Of families applying for a secondary place for September 2026. Against 93.1% in 2016.
Offered one of their three 97.7%
Families offered any of the schools they named.
Families who applied 7,204
Applications received for a secondary place. A family naming three schools counts once.

For September 2026, 92.7% of families applying for a secondary place here were offered their first choice, and 97.7% were offered one of the three schools they named.

That is much the same as in 2016, when it was 93.1%.

The council's secondary schools between them had 8,475 places for 7,204 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it.

Source: Department for Education, applications and offers. The same round across England.

If a family is refused a place

In 2026, families in Suffolk lodged 246 appeals about a school place.

162 of them were heard by a panel and 36 succeeded, which is about 22 in every 100 heard.

The other 84 did not reach a panel. Most appeals that do not are withdrawn because a place comes up first.

This is a record of decisions already made. A panel hears one case at a time and decides it on what that family sets out, so these figures do not indicate what would happen in any particular appeal.

Source: Department for Education, admission appeals in England, reporting year 2026. Counts every school in this council area. The share that succeeded is taken over appeals heard by a panel, not over appeals lodged.

Primary

School	1st prefs per place	Demand since	Latest Ofsted
Woodbridge Primary School Woodbridge	0.96	-	Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Woodhall Primary School Sudbury	0.88	-	Improved significantly Ofsted ungraded inspection
Woods Loke Primary School Lowestoft	1.15	-	Outstanding Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Woolpit Primary Academy Bury St Edmunds	0.65	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Worlingham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Beccles	1.00	-	Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Worlingworth Church of England primary school Woodbridge	-	-	Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection
Wortham Primary School Diss	1.00	-	Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy Saxmundham	-	-	School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection

Elsewhere

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