Contested schools in Suffolk

These are the Suffolk schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.

Appeal success rates for Suffolk

Secondary schools (20)

Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.

Contested secondary schools in Suffolk, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
St Benedict's Catholic School	167	239	1.43
Northgate High School	235	316	1.34
Claydon High School	148	179	1.21
Kesgrave High School	294	338	1.15
Castle Manor Academy	146	161	1.10
Chantry Academy	202	221	1.09
Copleston High School	319	345	1.08
Hartismere School	151	159	1.05
Sir John Leman High School	265	277	1.05
Debenham High School	141	146	1.04
Stour Valley Community School	112	116	1.04
Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form	173	180	1.04
Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics	262	270	1.03
East Bergholt High School	189	194	1.03
King Edward VI CEVC School	225	226	1
Stowmarket High School	202	201	1
Breckland School	99	95	0.96
Farlingaye High School	293	282	0.96
Thomas Gainsborough School	271	260	0.96
St Alban's Catholic High School	164	142	0.87

Primary schools (71)

Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.

Contested primary schools in Suffolk, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Lawshall	28	47	1.68
Exning Primary School	30	49	1.63
Sproughton Church of England Primary School	14	22	1.57
Snape Primary School	13	20	1.54
The Oaks Primary School	58	88	1.52
Birchwood Primary School	29	42	1.45
Rougham Church of England Primary School	29	41	1.41
Barnham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	20	28	1.40
Oulton Broad Primary School	43	60	1.40
Somerleyton Primary School	10	14	—
Acton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	30	41	1.37
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ipswich	29	39	1.34
New Cangle Community Primary School	30	39	1.30
Wood Ley Community Primary School	42	54	1.29
Grace Cook Primary School	29	37	1.28
The Albert Pye Community Primary School	40	51	1.27
The Pines Primary School	30	38	1.27
Nayland Primary School	30	37	1.23
Bucklesham Primary School	15	18	—
Dale Hall Community Primary School	60	71	1.18
Woods Loke Primary School	59	68	1.15
Bramfield Church of England Primary School	14	16	—
Holbrook Primary School	28	32	1.14
Ickworth Park Primary School	29	33	1.14
East Bergholt Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	30	34	1.13
Easton Primary School	15	17	—
Wells Hall Primary School	60	68	1.13
Elmswell Community Primary School	59	65	1.10
Freeman Community Primary School	29	32	1.10
Heath Primary School, Kesgrave	59	65	1.10
Beaumont Community Primary School	11	12	—
Copdock Primary School	12	13	—
Glemsford Primary Academy	28	30	1.07
Holton St Peter Community Primary School	14	15	—
Kedington Primary Academy	30	32	1.07
Wenhaston Primary School	15	16	—
Grove Primary School	43	45	1.05
Abbots Green Primary Academy	74	76	1.03
Boxford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	30	31	1.03
Great Barton Church of England Primary Academy	30	31	1.03
Risby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	29	30	1.03
Bealings School	11	11	—
Earl Soham Community Primary School	16	16	—
Hardwick Primary School	21	21	1
Henley Primary School	13	13	—
Ilketshall St Lawrence School	11	11	—
Kingsfleet Primary School	23	23	1
Sandlings Primary School	19	19	—
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Woodbridge	27	27	1
Thurlow Voluntary Controlled Primary School	12	12	—
Trimley St Martin Primary School	15	15	—
Worlingham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	38	38	1
St Mary's Church of England Academy	52	51	0.98
Springfield Infant School and Nursery	71	69	0.97
Capel St Mary Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	25	24	0.96
Coldfair Green Community Primary School	21	20	0.95
St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ipswich	34	32	0.94
Westfield Primary Academy	59	55	0.93
Halifax Primary School	51	47	0.92
Kelsale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	24	22	0.92
Crawford's Church of England Primary School	11	10	—
Great Waldingfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	30	27	0.90
Bramford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	44	39	0.89
St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	19	17	—
Eyke Church of England Primary School	15	13	—
Moulton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	30	26	0.87
Barrow Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	26	22	0.85
Laureate Community Academy	20	16	—
Mendham Primary School	5	4	—
Norton CEVC Primary School	25	16	—
Elveden Church of England Primary Academy	14	8	—

Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.