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School admissions in Stowmarket

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

18 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlacesCutoff distance
Wood Ley Community Primary SchoolStowmarket1.29420.59 miles 2026
Grace Cook Primary SchoolStowmarket1.28290.335 miles 2026
Freeman Community Primary SchoolStowmarket1.10290.978 miles 2026
Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolStowmarket1.00173.704 miles 2022
Mendlesham Primary SchoolStowmarket1.0014not published
Old Newton Church of England Primary SchoolStowmarket1.0012not published
Ringshall SchoolStowmarket1.0024not published
Sir Robert Hitcham Church of England Voluntary Aided SchoolStowmarket1.0017not published
Stonham Aspal Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolStowmarket1.0014not published
Wetheringsett Church of England Primary SchoolStowmarket1.005not published
Bacton Primary SchoolStowmarket0.9314not published
Trinity Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolStowmarket0.9225not published
Abbot's Hall Community Primary SchoolStowmarket0.9158not published
Combs Ford Primary SchoolStowmarket0.9133not published
Crawford's Church of England Primary SchoolStowmarket0.9111not published
Cedars Park Community Primary SchoolStowmarket0.8656not published
Chilton Community Primary SchoolStowmarket0.8116not published
Helmingham Primary School and NurseryStowmarket0.001not 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.

Year 7 places, September 2026

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

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlacesCutoff distance
Debenham High SchoolStowmarket1.0414110.177 miles 2026
Stowmarket High SchoolStowmarket1.002025.213 miles 2026
Stowupland High SchoolStowmarket0.95126not 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.