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48 open schools in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · see all Suffolk schools · grammar schools in Bury St Edmunds

Bury St Edmunds has 48 state schools: 36 primary, 5 secondary, part of Suffolk's wider catchment. 44 have a published Ofsted rating, and 34 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

Abbeygate Sixth Form College Bury St Edmunds · Outstanding Abbots Green Primary Academy Bury St Edmunds · Good All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Lawshall Bury St Edmunds · Outstanding Bardwell Church of England Primary School Bury St Edmunds · Good Barningham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Bury St Edmunds · Not judged Barrow Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Bury St Edmunds · Not judged Beck Row Primary Academy Bury St Edmunds · Good Bury St Edmunds County High School Bury St Edmunds · Good Cockfield Church of England Primary School Bury St Edmunds · Good Culford School Bury St. Edmunds Elmswell Community Primary School Bury St Edmunds · Good Great Barton Church of England Primary Academy Bury St Edmunds · Good Great Heath Academy Bury St Edmunds · Good Great Whelnetham Church of England Primary School Bury St. Edmunds · Good Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School Bury St Edmunds · Not judged Hardwick Primary School Bury St Edmunds · Good Hartest Church of England Primary School Bury St Edmunds · Good Honington Church of England Primary School Bury St Edmunds Howard Community Academy Bury St Edmunds · Not judged Ickworth Park Primary School Bury St Edmunds · Good Ixworth Church of England Primary School Bury St. Edmunds · Good King Edward VI CEVC School Bury St Edmunds · Good Norton CEVC Primary School Bury St Edmunds · Not judged Priory School Bury St Edmunds · Outstanding Rattlesden Church of England Primary Academy Bury St Edmunds · Good Risby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Bury St Edmunds · Good Riverwalk School Bury St. Edmunds · Good Rougham Church of England Primary School Bury St. Edmunds · Good Sebert Wood Community Primary School Bury St Edmunds · Good Sexton's Manor Primary School Bury St Edmunds · Good Sir Peter Hall School Bury St. Edmunds · Not judged South Lee School Bury St Edmunds St Benedict's Catholic School Bury St Edmunds · Good St Christopher's CEVCP School Bury St Edmunds · Good St Edmund's Catholic Primary School Bury St Edmunds · Good St Edmundsbury CofE Primary Academy Bury St. Edmunds · Requires improvement St Mary's Church of England Academy Bury St Edmunds · Requires improvement Stanton Primary School Bury St. Edmunds Sybil Andrews Academy Bury St. Edmunds · Good The Pines Primary School Bury St. Edmunds · Good Thurston Church of England Primary Academy Bury St. Edmunds · Not judged Thurston Community College Bury St Edmunds · Good Tollgate Primary School Bury St Edmunds · Good Walsham-le-Willows Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Bury St Edmunds · Good West Row Academy Bury St. Edmunds · Requires improvement West Suffolk College Bury St Edmunds · Outstanding Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery Bury St Edmunds · Good Woolpit Primary Academy Bury St Edmunds · Good

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Cockfield Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.64 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Woolpit Primary Academy Good · ×0.65 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Bury St Edmunds County High School Good · ×0.68 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Great Whelnetham Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.83 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Rattlesden Church of England Primary Academy Good · ×0.89 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Sybil Andrews Academy Good · ×0.93 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Great Heath Academy Good · ×0.94 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Edmund's Catholic Primary School Good · ×0.96 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Tollgate Primary School Good · ×0.96 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Sebert Wood Community Primary School Good · ×0.97 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Suffolk

Primary schools: 'Every community and voluntary controlled school serves an area of streets or villages' — catchment maps published online. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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