Schools in Felixstowe
Felixstowe has 10 schools — 8 primaries and 1 secondary — with 6 operating as academies. None of the 10 schools has a religious character, so admissions decisions are based purely on oversubscription criteria such as sibling priority and distance from home. Three schools have received Good or Outstanding Ofsted judgements.
Suffolk County Council co-ordinates the main admissions round for Felixstowe schools, applying the national deadlines: primary offers on 16 April, secondary on 1 March. The town's coastal location means catchment areas are geographically bounded to the south and east by the sea, which can make proximity tiebreakers particularly tight for families on the western edge of town.
School demand in Felixstowe
Across the 8 schools in Felixstowe with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 79%. None are currently over capacity, but catchment distance still applies in any year a school is oversubscribed.
6 of the schools in Felixstowe 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.
4 of the schools in Felixstowe have a current Ofsted rating, of which 3 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary Schools in Felixstowe (8)
Trimley St Mary Primary School
Primary · Community school
Felixstowe · IP11 0ST
Trimley St Martin Primary School
Primary · Community school
Felixstowe · IP11 0QL
Kingsfleet Primary School
Primary · Community school
Felixstowe · IP11 9LY
Langer Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Felixstowe · IP11 2HL
Grange Community Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Felixstowe · IP11 2LA
Felix Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Felixstowe · IP11 9ED
Fairfield Infant School
Primary · Academy converter
Felixstowe · IP11 9JB
Colneis Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Felixstowe · IP11 9HH
Secondary Schools in Felixstowe (1)
Other Schools in Felixstowe (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Felixstowe 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.