Schools in East Suffolk
101 state-funded schools, 29,869 pupils. 90.1% of those carrying an Ofsted grade are Good or Outstanding, including 6 rated Outstanding.
Ofsted Management Information, Sep 2026. Grades are the current published rating, which may pre-date the school’s most recent visit.
Ofsted grades
21 schools have been inspected under Ofsted's post-September-2024 report-card framework, which replaces the single 1–4 grade with separate judgments. Those are excluded from the percentages above rather than mapped onto the old scale, because the two scales have no clean equivalence.
Quick answers
How many schools are there in East Suffolk?
East Suffolk has 101 state-funded schools teaching 29,869 pupils. 84 primary, 12 secondary, 4 special.
What percentage of schools in East Suffolk are Good or Outstanding?
90.1% of the 101 schools carrying an Ofsted grade in East Suffolk are rated Good or Outstanding: 6 Outstanding and 85 Good. 10 require improvement and 0 are rated Inadequate.
Which schools in East Suffolk are rated Outstanding?
6 schools are currently rated Outstanding by Ofsted in East Suffolk: Woods Loke Primary School, Oulton Broad Primary School, Worlingham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Birchwood Primary School, The Ashley School, Castle EAST School.
Rated Outstanding
Ofsted’s highest grade. Largest first; a grade can be several years old, so the year is shown.
- Woods Loke Primary SchoolPrimary483Outstanding 2024
- Oulton Broad Primary SchoolPrimary378Outstanding 2025
- Worlingham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary324Outstanding 2023
- Birchwood Primary SchoolPrimary209Outstanding 2022
- The Ashley SchoolSpecial203Outstanding 2023
- Castle EAST SchoolSpecial130Outstanding 2024
By phase
| Phase | Schools | Graded | Good or better |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 84 | 84 | 91.7% |
| Secondary | 12 | 12 | 83.3% |
| Special | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| Alternative provision | 1 | 1 | 0% |
Every school in East Suffolk
Showing 20 of 101 schools.
| New framework | Links | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kesgrave High School | Secondary | 1,875 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Farlingaye High School | Secondary | 1,861 | Good2022 | OfstedWebsite | |
Sir John Leman High School | Secondary | 1,404 | Good2022 | OfstedWebsite | |
Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics | Secondary | 1,263 | Good2025 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Felixstowe School | Secondary | 1,169 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form | Secondary | 1,056 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Bungay High School | Secondary | 922 | Good2021 | OfstedWebsite | |
East Point Academy | Secondary | 846 | Good2022 | OfstedWebsite | |
Ormiston Denes Academy | Secondary | 711 | Good2025 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Pakefield High School | Secondary | 679 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Alde Valley Academy | Secondary | 645 | Requires Improvement2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Broke Hall Community Primary School | Primary | 591 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Heath Primary School, Kesgrave | Primary | 523 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Woods Loke Primary School | Primary | 483 | Outstanding2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Gorseland Primary School | Primary | 461 | Requires Improvement2023 | OfstedWebsite | |
Red Oak Primary School | Primary | 420 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Cedarwood Primary School | Primary | 399 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Trimley St Mary Primary School | Primary | 389 | Requires Improvement2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Leiston Primary School | Primary | 383 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Kyson Primary School | Primary | 380 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
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