Schools in Beccles
Beccles is a riverside market town in the Waveney Valley, Suffolk, with 14 schools covering the town and surrounding Broadland villages. The secondary sector offers two schools — Sir John Leman High School in Beccles itself and Ormiston Denes Academy in Lowestoft — giving families a degree of choice unusual for a market town of this size. Five schools are faith-designated, reflecting the established Church of England village primary network across the area.
Three primary schools are currently oversubscribed, and six schools hold a Good or Outstanding Ofsted rating. Admissions for Beccles schools are managed by Suffolk County Council. Families in outlying villages such as Worlingham, Barsham or Gillingham should check whether their address falls within Beccles school catchment boundaries or whether an alternative feeder school applies.
School demand in Beccles
Across the 14 schools in Beccles with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 72%. 3 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
5 schools in Beccles have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
11 of the schools in Beccles are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Suffolk, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
7 of the schools in Beccles have a current Ofsted rating, of which 6 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Beccles: 3 oversubscribed (11)
Worlingham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Beccles · NR34 7SB
Gillingham St Michael's Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Beccles · NR34 0HT
Beccles Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Beccles · NR34 7AB
St Benet's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Beccles · NR34 9PQ
Glebeland Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Beccles · NR34 0EW
Ravensmere Infant School
Primary · Academy converter
Beccles · NR34 9UL
The Albert Pye Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Beccles · NR34 9UL
Ilketshall St Lawrence School
Primary · Academy converter
Beccles · NR34 8ND
Brampton Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Beccles · NR34 8DW
Barnby and North Cove Community Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Beccles · NR34 7QB
Ringsfield Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Beccles · NR34 8NZ
Secondary Schools in Beccles (2)
Other Schools in Beccles (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Beccles are set by Suffolk and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.