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 Most appeals that do not are withdrawn because a place comes up first.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.

Schools here running specialist SEN provision

30 of this council's published schools run a SEN unit or a resourced provision: teaching for children with special educational needs, on the same site as the rest of the school.

School	Phase	What it runs
Barnby and North Cove Community Primary School Beccles	primary	SEN unit
Bungay Primary School Bungay	primary	SEN unit
Burton End Primary Academy Haverhill	primary	SEN unit
Castle Hill Infant School Ipswich	primary	SEN unit
Clements Primary Academy Haverhill	primary	SEN unit
Exning Primary School Newmarket	primary	SEN unit
Felix Primary School Felixstowe	primary	SEN unit
Gorseland Primary School IPSWICH	primary	SEN unit
Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy Newmarket	primary	SEN unit
Lakenheath Community Primary School Brandon	primary	SEN unit
Langer Primary Academy Felixstowe	primary	SEN unit
Mendlesham Primary School Stowmarket	primary	SEN unit
Morland Church of England Primary School Ipswich	primary	SEN unit
Murrayfield Primary - A Paradigm Academy Ipswich	primary	SEN unit
Oulton Broad Primary School Lowestoft	primary	SEN unit
Piper's Vale Primary - A Paradigm Academy Ipswich	primary	SEN unit
Rushmere Hall Primary School Ipswich	primary	SEN unit and resourced provision
Sidegate Primary School Ipswich	primary	SEN unit
Stanton Primary School Bury St. Edmunds	primary	SEN unit
Wells Hall Primary School Sudbury	primary	SEN unit
Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery Bury St Edmunds	primary	Resourced provision
West Row Academy Bury St. Edmunds	primary	SEN unit
Woodhall Primary School Sudbury	primary	SEN unit
Beccles High School Beccles	secondary	SEN unit
Castle Manor Academy Haverhill	secondary	SEN unit
Chantry Academy Ipswich	secondary	SEN unit
Copleston High School Ipswich	secondary	SEN unit
Newmarket Academy Newmarket	secondary	SEN unit
Stowupland High School Stowmarket	secondary	SEN unit
Sybil Andrews Academy Bury St. Edmunds	secondary	SEN unit

This says a provision exists and nothing more. Neither how many children it takes nor which kinds of need it is set up for is published for a mainstream school, and it is not a statement about how well any school supports children with SEN. Ask the school or the council. Source: Department for Education, special educational needs in England.

Primary

School	1st prefs per place	Demand since	Latest Ofsted
Abbot's Hall Community Primary School Stowmarket	0.91	-	Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection
Abbots Green Primary Academy Bury St Edmunds	1.03	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Acton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Sudbury	1.37	-	School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection
Aldeburgh Primary School Aldeburgh	-	-	Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection
All Saints Church of England Primary School, Laxfield Woodbridge	1.00	-	Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
All Saints Church of England Primary School, Newmarket Newmarket	0.92	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Lawshall Bury St Edmunds	1.68	-	Outstanding Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Bacton Primary School Stowmarket	0.93	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Bardwell Church of England Primary School Bury St Edmunds	-	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Barnby and North Cove Community Primary School Beccles	-	-	Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework)
Barnham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Nr Thetford	1.40	-	School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection
Barningham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Bury St Edmunds	1.00	-	Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Barrow Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Bury St Edmunds	0.85	-	Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Bawdsey Church of England Primary School Woodbridge	-	-	School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection
Bealings School Woodbridge	1.00	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Beaumont Community Primary School Hadleigh	1.09	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Beccles Primary Academy Beccles	0.85	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Beck Row Primary Academy Bury St Edmunds	1.00	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Bedfield Church of England Primary School Woodbridge	-	-	Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Benhall St Mary's Church of England Primary School Saxmundham	-	-	none held
Bentley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Ipswich	-	-	School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection
Bildeston Primary School Ipswich	0.83	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Birchwood Primary School Ipswich	1.45	-	School remains Outstanding Ofsted ungraded inspection
Blundeston Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Lowestoft	0.86	-	Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection
Bosmere Community Primary School Ipswich	1.00	-	Some aspects not as strong Ofsted ungraded inspection
Boxford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Sudbury	1.03	-	Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Bramfield Church of England Primary School Halesworth	1.14	-	Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection
Bramford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Ipswich	0.89	-	School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection
Brampton Church of England Primary School Beccles	-	-	Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework)
Britannia Primary School and Nursery Ipswich	0.97	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Broke Hall Community Primary School Ipswich	1.00	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Brooklands Primary School Nr Manningtree	0.95	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Bucklesham Primary School Ipswich	1.20	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Bungay Primary School Bungay	1.00	-	Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework)
Bures Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Bures	0.95	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Burton End Primary Academy Haverhill	0.95	-	Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection
Capel St Mary Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Ipswich	0.96	-	Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection
Carlton Colville Primary School Lowestoft	0.96	-	Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Castle Hill Infant School Ipswich	0.88	-	Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection
Cavendish Church of England Primary School Sudbury	0.83	-	Inadequate Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Cedars Park Community Primary School Stowmarket	0.86	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Cedarwood Primary School Ipswich	0.87	-	School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection
Charsfield Church of England Primary School Woodbridge	-	-	School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection
Chelmondiston Church of England Primary School Ipswich	1.00	-	Strong standard Ofsted report card (current framework)
Chilton Community Primary School Stowmarket	0.81	-	Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection
Clare Community Primary School Sudbury	0.93	-	Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection
Claydon Primary School Ipswich	0.98	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Clements Primary Academy Haverhill	1.00	-	Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework)
Cliff Lane Primary School Ipswich	0.96	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Clifford Community Primary School & Nursery Ipswich	1.00	-	Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Cockfield Church of England Primary School Bury St Edmunds	0.64	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Coldfair Green Community Primary School Saxmundham	0.95	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Combs Ford Primary School Stowmarket	0.91	-	Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Copdock Primary School Ipswich	1.08	-	School remains Outstanding Ofsted ungraded inspection
Corton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Lowestoft	-	-	Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework)
Coupals Primary Academy Haverhill	0.92	-	School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection
Crawford's Church of England Primary School Stowmarket	0.91	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)
Creeting St Mary Church of England Primary School Ipswich	0.92	-	School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection
Dale Hall Community Primary School Ipswich	1.18	-	School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection
Dell Primary School Lowestoft	0.97	-	Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)

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