Schools in Sudbury
Sudbury is a market town on the River Stour at the Suffolk-Essex border with 24 state schools, including 17 primaries serving the town and a wide cluster of surrounding villages. Essex County Council coordinates admissions for community schools in the Essex portion of the catchment, while Suffolk County Council administers schools on the Suffolk side.
Because the area straddles two local authority boundaries, families near Great Cornard or Acton should check which council administers their nearest schools before applying. Sudbury's three secondary schools serve an extensive rural catchment - competition for Year 7 places at the most popular schools can be significant for families more than 3 miles from their preferred school.
School demand in Sudbury
Across the 23 schools in Sudbury with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 83%. 4 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.
10 schools in Sudbury have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
11 of the schools in Sudbury are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Essex, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
10 of the schools in Sudbury 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 Sudbury: 2 oversubscribed (17)
St Andrew's Bulmer Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Sudbury · CO10 7EH
Pot Kiln Primary School
Primary · Community school
Sudbury · CO10 0DS
Hundon Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Sudbury · CO10 8EE
Lavenham Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Sudbury · CO10 9RB
Acton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Sudbury · CO10 0US
Boxford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Sudbury · CO10 5NP
Great Waldingfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Sudbury · CO10 0RR
St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Sudbury · CO10 2BJ
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Sudbury · CO10 1JP
Glemsford Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Sudbury · CO10 7RF
Tudor Church of England Primary School, Sudbury
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Sudbury · CO10 1NL
Long Melford Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Sudbury · CO10 9ED
Woodhall Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Sudbury · CO10 1ST
Wells Hall Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Sudbury · CO10 0NH
Clare Community Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Sudbury · CO10 8PZ
Belchamp St Paul Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Sudbury · CO10 7BP
Cavendish Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Sudbury · CO10 8BA
Secondary Schools in Sudbury (3)
Stour Valley Community School
Secondary · Free schools
Sudbury · CO10 8PJ
Ormiston Sudbury Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Sudbury · CO10 1NW
Thomas Gainsborough School
Secondary · Academy converter
Sudbury · CO10 0NH
Other Schools in Sudbury (4)
Stoke College
Not applicable · Other independent school
Sudbury · CO10 8JE
Hillside Special School
Not applicable · Community special school
Sudbury · CO10 1NN
The Ryes College
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Sudbury · CO10 5NA
Chalk Hill
Not applicable · Academy special sponsor led
Sudbury · CO10 2SF
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Sudbury are set by Essex and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.