Schools in Lowestoft
Lowestoft's 31 schools are administered by Suffolk County Council, with 20 primaries and 4 secondaries serving the UK's most easterly town alongside college and specialist provision. Suffolk uses straight-line home-to-school distance as its oversubscription tie-breaker for community schools; the town's geography - bisected by Lake Lothing and the River Waveney - means that schools on either side of the water may be significantly further by road than the crow-flies distance suggests.
Secondary allocation in Lowestoft involves four schools with different specialisms and intake profiles, drawing from residential zones across Oulton Broad, Pakefield and Corton as well as the town centre. Families in outlying villages to the north and south of Lowestoft should note that Suffolk operates its own Rural Isolation priority criterion alongside standard distance, which can affect eligibility for specific community schools.
School demand in Lowestoft
Across the 26 schools in Lowestoft with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 84%. 5 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.
4 schools in Lowestoft have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
22 of the schools in Lowestoft 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.
14 of the schools in Lowestoft have a current Ofsted rating, of which 12 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Lowestoft: 4 oversubscribed (20)
Oulton Broad Primary School
Primary · Community school
Lowestoft · NR32 3JX
Corton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Lowestoft · NR32 5HW
Blundeston Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Lowestoft · NR32 5AX
Westwood Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Lowestoft · NR33 9RR
Red Oak Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Lowestoft · NR33 0RZ
Grove Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Lowestoft · NR33 8RQ
Kessingland Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Lowestoft · NR33 7QA
Pakefield Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Lowestoft · NR33 7AQ
Dell Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Lowestoft · NR33 9NU
St Margaret's Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Lowestoft · NR32 4JF
Northfield St Nicholas Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Lowestoft · NR32 4HN
Gunton Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Lowestoft · NR32 4LX
Elm Tree Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Lowestoft · NR33 9HN
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Lowestoft · NR33 0DG
The Limes Primary Academy
Primary · Free schools
Lowestoft · NR32 3BQ
Poplars Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Lowestoft · NR32 4HN
Roman Hill Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Lowestoft · NR32 2NX
Somerleyton Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Lowestoft · NR32 5PT
Woods Loke Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Lowestoft · NR32 3EB
Carlton Colville Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Lowestoft · NR33 8DG
Secondary Schools in Lowestoft (4)
East Point Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Lowestoft · NR33 0UQ
Ormiston Denes Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Lowestoft · NR32 4AH
Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Lowestoft · NR32 4PZ
Pakefield High School
Secondary · Academy converter
Lowestoft · NR33 7AQ
Other Schools in Lowestoft (7)
East Coast College
All through · Further education
Lowestoft · NR32 2NB
Learning Support, Northern Area Education Office
Not applicable · Miscellaneous
Lowestoft · NR32 1PL
The Ashley School
Not applicable · Academy special converter
Lowestoft · NR32 4EU
Include Suffolk
Not applicable · Other independent school
Lowestoft · NR32 4EX
Horizon School
Not applicable · Pupil referral unit
Lowestoft · NR32 4TD
Warren School
Not applicable · Academy special sponsor led
Lowestoft · NR33 8HT
Sunrise Academy
Not applicable · Free schools special
Lowestoft · NR33 8AX
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Lowestoft 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.