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22 open schools in Stowmarket, Suffolk · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · see all Suffolk schools · grammar schools in Stowmarket

Stowmarket has 22 state schools: 18 primary, 3 secondary, part of Suffolk's wider catchment. 21 have a published Ofsted rating, and 13 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

Abbot's Hall Community Primary School Stowmarket · Good Bacton Primary School Stowmarket · Good Cedars Park Community Primary School Stowmarket · Good Chilton Community Primary School Stowmarket · Good Combs Ford Primary School Stowmarket · Not judged Crawford's Church of England Primary School Stowmarket · Good Debenham High School Stowmarket · Good Finborough School Stowmarket Freeman Community Primary School Stowmarket · Not judged Grace Cook Primary School Stowmarket · Not judged Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Stowmarket · Good Helmingham Primary School and Nursery Stowmarket · Requires improvement Mendlesham Primary School Stowmarket · Not judged Old Newton Church of England Primary School Stowmarket · Not judged Ringshall School Stowmarket · Good Sir Robert Hitcham Church of England Voluntary Aided School Stowmarket · Good Stonham Aspal Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Stowmarket · Good Stowmarket High School Stowmarket · Not judged Stowupland High School Stowmarket · Requires improvement Trinity Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Stowmarket · Good Wetheringsett Church of England Primary School Stowmarket · Good Wood Ley Community Primary School Stowmarket · 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.

Chilton Community Primary School Good · ×0.81 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Cedars Park Community Primary School Good · ×0.86 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Abbot's Hall Community Primary School Good · ×0.91 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Crawford's Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.91 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Trinity Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Good · ×0.92 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Bacton Primary School Good · ×0.93 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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