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School admissions in Lowestoft

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 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.

Reception places, September 2026

20 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlacesCutoff distance
Somerleyton Primary SchoolLowestoft1.40102.921 miles 2026
Oulton Broad Primary SchoolLowestoft1.40430.493 miles 2026
Woods Loke Primary SchoolLowestoft1.15590.839 miles 2026
Grove Primary SchoolLowestoft1.05431.053 miles 2026
Kessingland Church of England Primary AcademyLowestoft1.0016not published
Northfield St Nicholas Primary AcademyLowestoft1.0026not published
Pakefield Primary SchoolLowestoft1.0029not published
Poplars Community Primary SchoolLowestoft1.0023not published
Red Oak Primary SchoolLowestoft1.0041not published
St Margaret's Primary AcademyLowestoft0.9737not published
Dell Primary SchoolLowestoft0.9734not published
Carlton Colville Primary SchoolLowestoft0.9653not published
Westwood Primary SchoolLowestoft0.9416not published
Roman Hill Primary SchoolLowestoft0.9029not published
Corton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolLowestoft0.899not published
Elm Tree Primary SchoolLowestoft0.8852not published
The Limes Primary AcademyLowestoft0.8629not published
Blundeston Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolLowestoft0.8621not published
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary SchoolLowestoft0.867not published
Gunton Primary AcademyLowestoft0.83421.013 miles 2022

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.

Year 7 places, September 2026

4 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlacesCutoff distance
Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and MathematicsLowestoft1.032621.457 miles 2026
Pakefield High SchoolLowestoft0.96104not published
East Point AcademyLowestoft0.941231.725 miles 2023
Ormiston Denes AcademyLowestoft0.9196not 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.