School admissions in Beccles
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 5 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Beccles in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 11 schools in Beccles first 144 times for 147 places: 0.98 first choices per place. One of the 11 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: The Albert Pye Community Primary School, to 0.50 miles.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
Reception places, September 2026
11 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Albert Pye Community Primary School | 1.27 | 40 | 0.502 miles |
| Barnby and North Cove Community Primary School | 1.00 | 4 | not published |
| Gillingham St Michael's Church of England Primary Academy | 1.00 | 3 | not published |
| Glebeland Community Primary School | 1.00 | 4 | not published |
| Ilketshall St Lawrence School | 1.00 | 11 | 5.285 miles |
| Worlingham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 1.00 | 38 | 1.056 miles |
| Ringsfield Church of England Primary School | 0.91 | 11 | not published |
| Brampton Church of England Primary School | 0.86 | 7 | 3.62 miles |
| Beccles Primary Academy | 0.85 | 13 | not published |
| St Benet's RC Primary School and Nursery | 0.67 | 6 | not published |
| Ravensmere Infant School | 0.20 | 10 | not published |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.