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School admissions in Sudbury

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

16 schools. 5 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlacesCutoff distance
Acton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolSudbury1.37302.907 miles 2025
St Andrew's Bulmer Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolSudbury1.2015not published
Wells Hall Primary SchoolSudbury1.13600.461 miles 2026
Glemsford Primary AcademySudbury1.0728not published
Boxford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolSudbury1.03304.832 miles 2026
Hundon Community Primary SchoolSudbury1.007not published
Clare Community Primary SchoolSudbury0.9327not published
Tudor Church of England Primary School, SudburySudbury0.9237not published
Great Waldingfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolSudbury0.90303.709 miles 2026
St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolSudbury0.89192.012 miles 2025
Woodhall Primary SchoolSudbury0.8859not published
Belchamp St Paul Church of England Primary SchoolSudbury0.888not published
Long Melford Church of England Primary SchoolSudbury0.8526not published
Cavendish Church of England Primary SchoolSudbury0.8312not published
Pot Kiln Primary SchoolSudbury0.7617not published
Lavenham Community Primary SchoolSudbury0.7010not 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
Stour Valley Community SchoolSudbury1.041126.456 miles 2026
Ormiston Sudbury AcademySudbury1.00131not published
Thomas Gainsborough SchoolSudbury0.962713.024 miles 2025

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.