Schools in Stowmarket
Stowmarket has 24 schools in central Suffolk, including 18 primaries spread across the town and surrounding villages such as Great Finborough, Stonham Aspal and Wood Ley. Suffolk County Council co-ordinates admissions and uses home-to-school distance as the primary oversubscription tiebreaker for community schools.
Church of England voluntary aided schools form a significant share of Stowmarket's primary provision; these schools apply their own faith criteria on top of the local authority's framework. The three secondary schools serving the area include Stowmarket High School; the council publishes last-offered distance data annually to help families plan their applications.
School demand in Stowmarket
Across the 24 schools in Stowmarket with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 75%. 2 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.
8 schools in Stowmarket have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
16 of the schools in Stowmarket 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.
9 of the schools in Stowmarket have a current Ofsted rating, of which 7 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Stowmarket: 1 oversubscribed (18)
Wood Ley Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Stowmarket · IP14 1UF
Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Stowmarket · IP14 3AQ
Stonham Aspal Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Stowmarket · IP14 6AF
Sir Robert Hitcham Church of England Voluntary Aided School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Stowmarket · IP14 6PL
Trinity Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Stowmarket · IP14 2BZ
Old Newton Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Stowmarket · IP14 4PJ
Bacton Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Stowmarket · IP14 4LL
Cedars Park Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Stowmarket · IP14 5FP
Mendlesham Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Stowmarket · IP14 5RT
Crawford's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Stowmarket · IP14 3QZ
Helmingham Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Stowmarket · IP14 6EX
Ringshall School
Primary · Academy converter
Stowmarket · IP14 2JD
Wetheringsett Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Stowmarket · IP14 5PJ
Combs Ford Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Stowmarket · IP14 2PN
Freeman Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Stowmarket · IP14 4BQ
Chilton Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Stowmarket · IP14 1NN
Abbot's Hall Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Stowmarket · IP14 1QF
Grace Cook Primary School
Primary · Free schools
Stowmarket · IP14 1GG
Secondary Schools in Stowmarket (3)
Debenham High School
Secondary · Academy converter
Stowmarket · IP14 6BL
Stowmarket High School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Stowmarket · IP14 1QR
Stowupland High School
Secondary · Academy converter
Stowmarket · IP14 4BQ
Other Schools in Stowmarket (3)
Finborough School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Stowmarket · IP14 3EF
OA - Suffolk
Not applicable · Academy alternative provision sponsor led
Stowmarket · IP14 1SZ
Wetheringsett Manor School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Stowmarket · IP14 5QX
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Stowmarket 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.