How far Suffolk schools admitted from
For every oversubscribed school, Suffolk publishes how far away the last child offered a place lived. This is that figure for 42 schools, tightest first. A short distance means a school that fills up close to its gates; a long one means places went further afield.
The tightest is Grace Cook Primary School at 0.17 miles in 2026/27; the most far-reaching, Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form, admitted from 15.9 miles.
Primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Admitted from | Round | How full |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Cook Primary School Stowmarket | No current grade | 0.17 mi | 2026/27 | 75% |
| Laureate Community Academy Newmarket | No current grade | 0.2 mi | 2026/27 | 114% |
| Exning Primary School Newmarket | Outstanding | 0.52 mi | 2026/27 | 99% |
| Dale Hall Community Primary School Ipswich | No current grade | 0.59 mi | 2026/27 | 98% |
| New Cangle Community Primary School Haverhill | Good | 0.61 mi | 2026/27 | 100% |
| The Pines Primary School Bury St. Edmunds | Good | 0.62 mi | 2026/27 | 114% |
| The Oaks Primary School Ipswich | No current grade | 0.71 mi | 2026/27 | 103% |
| Halifax Primary School Ipswich | No current grade | 0.84 mi | 2026/27 | 97% |
| Bealings School Woodbridge | Good | 0.91 mi | 2026/27 | 99% |
| Crawford's Church of England Primary School Stowmarket | Good | 0.96 mi | 2026/27 | 86% |
| Copdock Primary School Ipswich | No current grade | 1.02 mi | 2026/27 | 99% |
| Worlingham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Beccles | No current grade | 1.06 mi | 2026/27 | 100% |
| Birchwood Primary School Ipswich | No current grade | 1.14 mi | 2026/27 | 100% |
| Sproughton Church of England Primary School Ipswich | No current grade | 1.17 mi | 2026/27 | 98% |
| Wood Ley Community Primary School Stowmarket | No current grade | 1.26 mi | 2026/27 | 97% |
| Woods Loke Primary School Lowestoft | Outstanding | 1.26 mi | 2026/27 | 115% |
| Holton St Peter Community Primary School Halesworth | Good | 1.29 mi | 2026/27 | 122% |
| Oulton Broad Primary School Lowestoft | No current grade | 1.4 mi | 2026/27 | 109% |
| Elmswell Community Primary School Bury St Edmunds | No current grade | 1.59 mi | 2026/27 | 91% |
| Bramford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Ipswich | No current grade | 1.84 mi | 2026/27 | 79% |
| Easton Primary School Woodbridge | No current grade | 1.88 mi | 2026/27 | 70% |
| Barnham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Nr Thetford | No current grade | 1.98 mi | 2026/27 | 106% |
| Great Waldingfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Sudbury | Good | 1.99 mi | 2026/27 | 97% |
| St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Sudbury | No current grade | 2.01 mi | 2026/27 | 89% |
| Trimley St Martin Primary School Felixstowe | No current grade | 2.11 mi | 2026/27 | 80% |
| Acton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Sudbury | No current grade | 2.91 mi | 2026/27 | 93% |
| Nayland Primary School Nr Colchester | Good | 2.93 mi | 2026/27 | 94% |
| Capel St Mary Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Ipswich | Good | 3.1 mi | 2026/27 | 87% |
| Kelsale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Saxmundham | No current grade | 3.15 mi | 2026/27 | 100% |
| Rose Hill Primary Ipswich | No current grade | 3.79 mi | 2026/27 | 82% |
| East Bergholt Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Nr Colchester | Good | 3.87 mi | 2026/27 | 93% |
| Moulton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Newmarket | Outstanding | 3.9 mi | 2026/27 | 98% |
| Elveden Church of England Primary Academy Thetford | Outstanding | 3.96 mi | 2026/27 | 99% |
| Stratford St Mary Primary School Nr Colchester | Good | 4.56 mi | 2026/27 | 84% |
| Barrow Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Bury St Edmunds | No current grade | 5.28 mi | 2026/27 | 95% |
| Ilketshall St Lawrence School Beccles | No current grade | 5.29 mi | 2026/27 | 94% |
Secondary schools
| School | Ofsted | Admitted from | Round | How full |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chantry Academy Ipswich | Good | 0.27 mi | 2026/27 | 99% |
| Northgate High School Ipswich | No current grade | 1.34 mi | 2026/27 | 98% |
| Breckland School Brandon | No current grade | 6.39 mi | 2026/27 | 99% |
| East Bergholt High School Colchester | No current grade | 7.08 mi | 2026/27 | 97% |
| King Edward VI CEVC School Bury St Edmunds | No current grade | 11.84 mi | 2026/27 | 99% |
| Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form Woodbridge | Good | 15.9 mi | 2026/27 | 90% |
Reading the numbers
These are not catchment areas: most English schools have none. Each figure is the distance from the school to the home of the furthest child who was offered a place under the distance criterion in that round, as Suffolk measures it, which is usually a straight line from a fixed point at the home to one at the school. Looked-after children, siblings and, at faith schools, faith criteria come before distance, so a school can fill before distance is reached at all. The figure moves every year with the number of applications. How the whole process works →
Checking an address against these
Each school's page has a checker that measures a postcode against that school's distance. The full property report measures every nearby school at once, alongside sold prices, flood risk and the rest of the house.
Admission distances published by Suffolk. School details and grades from the Department for Education's register and Ofsted. If a figure looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.