Councils · England · Suffolk
Schools in Suffolk, and the dates that matter.
Every state school in the council area — 253 primary, 43 secondary — with Suffolk’s application deadlines, offer days, and where to apply. One page, kept current from official sources.
September 2027 entry · Sources: Primary council source · Secondary council source
Primary · Reception 2027
15 January 2027
National deadline. Offers arrive 16 April. We suggest submitting by 8 January to stay clear of the rush.
Find Suffolk's application service →Verify the exact date on the council's scheme →Secondary · Year 7 2027
31 October 2026
National deadline. Offers arrive 1 March. Grammar tests, where they apply, happen even earlier. We suggest submitting by 24 October to stay clear of the rush.
Find Suffolk's application service →Verify the exact date on the council's scheme →01 / EVERY SCHOOL IN SUFFOLK
Find your shortlist.
All 348 state and independent schools in the council area, straight from the Department for Education’s register. Open any school for admissions details, Ofsted history and open days.
Primary · 253
Abbot's Hall Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Abbots Green Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Acton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Aldeburgh Primary School
Ofsted · Good
All Saints Church of England Primary School, Laxfield
Ofsted · Not judged
All Saints Church of England Primary School, Newmarket
Ofsted · Good
All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Lawshall
Ofsted · Outstanding
Bacton Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Bardwell Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Barnby and North Cove Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Barnham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Barningham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Barrow Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Bawdsey Church of England Primary School
Not judged yet
Bealings School
Ofsted · Good
Beaumont Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Beccles Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Beck Row Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Bedfield Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Benhall St Mary's Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Bentley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Bildeston Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Birchwood Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Blundeston Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Bosmere Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Boxford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Bramfield Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Bramford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Brampton Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Britannia Primary School and Nursery
Ofsted · Good
Broke Hall Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Brooklands Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Bucklesham Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Bungay Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Bures Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Burton End Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Capel St Mary Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Carlton Colville Primary School
Not judged yet
Castle Hill Infant School
Ofsted · Good
Castle Hill Junior School
Ofsted · Good
Cavendish Church of England Primary School
Not judged yet
Cedars Park Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Cedarwood Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Charsfield Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Chelmondiston Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Chilton Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Clare Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Claydon Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Clements Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Cliff Lane Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery
Ofsted · Not judged
Cockfield Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Coldfair Green Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Colneis Junior School
Not judged yet
Combs Ford Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Copdock Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Corton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Coupals Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Crawford's Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Creeting St Mary Church of England Primary School
Not judged yet
Dale Hall Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Dell Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Dennington Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Earl Soham Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
East Bergholt Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Easton Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Edgar Sewter Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Elm Tree Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Elmsett Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Elmswell Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Elveden Church of England Primary Academy
Ofsted · Outstanding
Exning Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Eyke Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Fairfield Infant School
Not judged yet
Felix Primary School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Forest Academy
Ofsted · Good
Framlingham Sir Robert Hitcham's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Freeman Community Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Fressingfield Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Gislingham Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Glade Academy
Ofsted · Good
Glemsford Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Gorseland Primary School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Grace Cook Primary School
Not judged yet
Grange Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Great Barton Church of England Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Great Heath Academy
Ofsted · Good
Great Waldingfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Great Whelnetham Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Grove Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Grundisburgh Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Gunton Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Gusford Community Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Hadleigh Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Halifax Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Handford Hall Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Hardwick Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Hartest Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Heath Primary School, Kesgrave
Ofsted · Good
Helmingham Primary School and Nursery
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Henley Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Hillside Primary School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Hintlesham and Chattisham Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Holbrook Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Hollesley Primary School
Not judged yet
Holton St Peter Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Honington Church of England Primary School
Not judged yet
Hopton Church of England Primary Academy
Not judged yet
Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Howard Community Academy
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Hundon Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Ickworth Park Primary School
Not judged yet
Ilketshall St Lawrence School
Ofsted · Good
Ixworth Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Kedington Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Kelsale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Kersey Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Kessingland Church of England Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Kingsfleet Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Kyson Primary School
Not judged yet
Lakenheath Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Langer Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Laureate Community Academy
Ofsted · Good
Lavenham Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Leiston Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Long Melford Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Martlesham Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Mellis Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Melton Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Mendham Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Mendlesham Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Middleton Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Morland Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Moulton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Murrayfield Primary - A Paradigm Academy
Ofsted · Good
Nacton Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Nayland Primary School
Ofsted · Good
New Cangle Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Northfield St Nicholas Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Norton CEVC Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Occold Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Old Newton Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Orford Church of England Primary School and Nursery
Ofsted · Good
Otley Primary School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Oulton Broad Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Paddocks Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Pakefield Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Palgrave Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Phoenix St Peter Academy
Ofsted · Not judged
Piper's Vale Primary - A Paradigm Academy
Ofsted · Good
Place Farm Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Poplars Community Primary School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Pot Kiln Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Ranelagh Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Rattlesden Church of England Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Ravensmere Infant School
Ofsted · Good
Ravenswood Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Red Oak Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Rendlesham Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Reydon Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Ringsfield Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Ringshall School
Ofsted · Good
Risby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Roman Hill Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Rose Hill Primary
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Rougham Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Rushmere Hall Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Sandlings Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Saxmundham Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Sebert Wood Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Sexton's Manor Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Shotley Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Sidegate Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Sir Robert Hitcham Church of England Voluntary Aided School
Ofsted · Good
Snape Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Somerleyton Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Somersham Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Southwold Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Springfield Infant School and Nursery
Ofsted · Good
Springfield Junior School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Sprites Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Sproughton Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Benet's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Christopher's CEVCP School
Ofsted · Good
St Edmund's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Edmund's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Edmund's Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Edmundsbury CofE Primary Academy
Ofsted · Requires improvement
St Felix Roman Catholic Primary School, Haverhill
Ofsted · Good
St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Helen's Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ipswich
Ofsted · Good
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Louis Catholic Academy
Ofsted · Good
St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ipswich
Ofsted · Good
St Margaret's Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
St Mark's Catholic Primary School
Not judged yet
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ipswich
Ofsted · Outstanding
St Mary's Church of England Academy
Ofsted · Requires improvement
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Hadleigh
Ofsted · Good
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Woodbridge
Ofsted · Good
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Matthew's Church of England Primary School, Ipswich
Ofsted · Good
St Pancras Catholic Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary School, Eye
Ofsted · Good
Stanton Primary School
Not judged yet
Stoke-by-Nayland Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Stonham Aspal Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Stradbroke Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Stratford St Mary Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Stutton Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Tattingstone Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted · Good
The Albert Pye Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
The Beeches Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
The Limes Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
The Oaks Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
The Pines Primary School
Ofsted · Good
The Willows Primary School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Thorndon Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Thurlow Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Thurston Church of England Primary Academy
Ofsted · Not judged
Tollgate Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Trimley St Martin Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Trimley St Mary Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Trinity Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Tudor Church of England Primary School, Sudbury
Ofsted · Good
Waldringfield Primary School
Not judged yet
Walsham-le-Willows Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Wells Hall Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Wenhaston Primary School
Ofsted · Good
West Row Academy
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Westfield Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery
Ofsted · Good
Westwood Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Wetheringsett Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Whatfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Whitehouse Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Wickham Market Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Wickhambrook Primary Academy
Ofsted · Not judged
Wilby Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Witnesham Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Wood Ley Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Woodbridge Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Woodhall Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Woods Loke Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Woolpit Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Worlingham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Worlingworth Church of England primary school
Not judged yet
Wortham Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Secondary · 43
Alde Valley Academy
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Beccles High School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics
Ofsted · Good
Breckland School
Ofsted · Good
Bungay High School
Ofsted · Good
Bury St Edmunds County High School
Ofsted · Good
Castle Manor Academy
Ofsted · Good
Chantry Academy
Ofsted · Good
Claydon High School
Ofsted · Good
Copleston High School
Ofsted · Good
Debenham High School
Ofsted · Good
East Bergholt High School
Ofsted · Good
East Point Academy
Ofsted · Good
Farlingaye High School
Ofsted · Good
Felixstowe School
Ofsted · Good
Hadleigh High School
Ofsted · Good
Hartismere School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Holbrook Academy
Ofsted · Good
Ipswich Academy
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Ixworth High School
Ofsted · Good
Kesgrave High School
Ofsted · Good
King Edward VI CEVC School
Ofsted · Good
Mildenhall College Academy
Ofsted · Good
Newmarket Academy
Ofsted · Good
Northgate High School
Ofsted · Not judged
Ormiston Denes Academy
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Ormiston Endeavour Academy
Ofsted · Good
Ormiston Sudbury Academy
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Pakefield High School
Ofsted · Good
Samuel Ward Academy
Ofsted · Good
Sir John Leman High School
Ofsted · Good
St Alban's Catholic High School
Ofsted · Good
St Benedict's Catholic School
Ofsted · Good
Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy
Ofsted · Good
Stour Valley Community School
Ofsted · Good
Stowmarket High School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Stowupland High School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Stradbroke High School
Ofsted · Good
Sybil Andrews Academy
Ofsted · Good
Thomas Gainsborough School
Ofsted · Not judged
Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form
Ofsted · Good
Thurston Community College
Ofsted · Good
Westbourne Academy
Ofsted · Good
Special & other · 52
Abbeygate Sixth Form College
Ofsted · Outstanding
Acorn Cottage The Lodge
Ofsted · Good
Barnardiston Hall Preparatory School
Not judged yet
Bramfield House School
Ofsted · Good
Broadlands Hall
Ofsted · Good
Cambian Dunbroch School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Castle EAST School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Centre Academy East Anglia
Not judged yet
Chalk Hill
Not judged yet
Churchill Special Free School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Compass Community School Aylward Park
Ofsted · Good
Culford School
Not judged yet
East Coast College
Ofsted · Good
Fairstead House
Not judged yet
Felixstowe International College
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Finborough School
Not judged yet
Framlingham College
Not judged yet
Gable End
Ofsted · Good
Hillside Special School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Include Suffolk
Ofsted · Good
Ipswich High School
Not judged yet
Ipswich School
Not judged yet
Ness Point School
Ofsted · Good
New Skill Centre
Ofsted · Good
Old Buckenham Hall School
Not judged yet
On Track Education Mildenhall
Ofsted · Good
One Sixth Form College
Ofsted · Outstanding
OneSchool Global UK Colchester Campus
Not judged yet
Orwell Park School
Not judged yet
Priory School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Riverwalk School
Ofsted · Good
Royal Hospital School
Not judged yet
Saint Felix School
Not judged yet
Sir Bobby Robson School
Ofsted · Good
Sir Peter Hall School
Not judged yet
South Lee School
Not judged yet
St Joseph's College
Not judged yet
Stoke College
Not judged yet
Stone Lodge Academy
Ofsted · Good
Suffolk New College
Ofsted · Good
Summerhill School
Not judged yet
Sunrise Academy
Ofsted · Inadequate
The Ashley School
Ofsted · Outstanding
The Bridge School
Ofsted · Good
The Old School
Not judged yet
The Ryes College
Ofsted · Good
Thomas Wolsey Ormiston Academy
Ofsted · Good
Warren School
Ofsted · Not judged
West Suffolk College
Ofsted · Good
Wetheringsett Manor School
Ofsted · Good
Woodbridge Road Academy
Not judged yet
Woodbridge School
Not judged yet
02 / HOW APPLYING WORKS HERE
One form, through Suffolk.
If you live in Suffolk, you apply through the council’s own portal — even for schools in another council’s area.
Preferences
List as many schools as the form allows — you’ll see the limit when you start your application. Rank in your true order; schools never see it.
Own-criteria schools
Some Suffolk secondaries are academies or faith schools that set their own entry criteria — check each school’s page for extra forms before the deadline.
Plain-English guides
Primary admissions, explained
The 15 January deadline and how Reception offers work.
Secondary admissions, explained
The 31 October deadline and the traps that come earlier.
How school appeals work
Your right to appeal, and honest odds of success.
Waiting lists, explained
How they're ordered, and why positions move both ways.
03 / NEARBY
Looking across the border?
Families near Suffolk often also shortlist schools in these neighbouring council areas.