Gunton Primary Academy
Lowestoft, NR32 4LX · Suffolk local authority
Lowestoft’s School Grade B− better than 52% of towns in England
What stands out about Gunton Primary Academy
- Its own letter, B−: Key Stage 2 results better than 54% of England’s primary schools
- Ofsted: Good, April 2024 (shown, not graded)
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (35 of 35)
- Homes in its postcode sector (NR32 4) sold for a median £244,000; Lowestoft’s is £220,000
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 64%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 54% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Suffolk avg 58%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 107, maths 107 (100 = the expected standard)
Disadvantaged pupils, 2025
Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 15 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at Gunton Primary Academy?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (9), 2020 (4), 2022 (3). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Reach2 Academy Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Suffolk council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand
100% got their first choice
Lowestoft and Suffolk, side by side
2023–2025All 239 graded primaries in Suffolk. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Lowestoft’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Oak Primary School | A+ | 40% | 87% |
| Stratford St Mary Primary School | A+ | 7% | 84% |
| St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ipswich | A | 1% | 82% |
| Elm Tree Primary School | A | 26% | 82% |
| All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Lawshall | A | 15% | 81% |
| Glemsford Primary Academy | A | 18% | 81% |
| Ringshall School | A | 12% | 81% |
| Moulton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | A | 11% | 80% |
| Creeting St Mary Church of England Primary School | A | 8% | 80% |
| Gislingham Church of England Primary School | A | 10% | 79% |
| Abbots Green Primary Academy | A | 13% | 79% |
| Wickhambrook Primary Academy | A | 14% | 78% |
| Nayland Primary School | A | 7% | 77% |
| Oulton Broad Primary School | A | 20% | 77% |
| Eyke Church of England Primary School | A | 7% | 77% |
| St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | A | 16% | 76% |
| Trinity Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | A | 22% | 76% |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Woodbridge | A | 7% | 76% |
| St Mark's Catholic Primary School | A | 17% | 76% |
| Boxford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | A− | 14% | 75% |
| Grove Primary School | A− | 17% | 75% |
| Wortham Primary School | A− | 7% | 75% |
| Elmswell Community Primary School | A− | 20% | 74% |
| Somerleyton Primary School | A− | 8% | 74% |
| Exning Primary School | A− | 16% | 74% |
| Thurlow Voluntary Controlled Primary School | A− | 14% | 73% |
| Norton CEVC Primary School | A− | 12% | 73% |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School, Laxfield | A− | 14% | 73% |
| Brooklands Primary School | A− | 10% | 73% |
| Broke Hall Community Primary School | A− | 6% | 73% |
| Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School | A− | 13% | 72% |
| Hadleigh Community Primary School | A− | 19% | 72% |
| Acton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | A− | 13% | 72% |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ipswich | A− | 10% | 72% |
| Wilby Church of England Primary School | A− | 11% | 72% |
| Ickworth Park Primary School | A− | 14% | 72% |
| Kelsale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | A− | 19% | 71% |
| Kedington Primary Academy | A− | 10% | 71% |
| The Albert Pye Community Primary School | A− | 26% | 71% |
| Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy | A− | 25% | 71% |
| Woods Loke Primary School | A− | 18% | 71% |
| Paddocks Primary School | B+ | 18% | 70% |
| Grundisburgh Primary School | B+ | 10% | 70% |
| East Bergholt Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | B+ | 11% | 70% |
| Place Farm Primary Academy | B+ | 31% | 70% |
| Cliff Lane Primary School | B+ | 19% | 70% |
| Sproughton Church of England Primary School | B+ | 10% | 70% |
| Woodhall Primary School | B+ | 29% | 70% |
| Halifax Primary School | B+ | 25% | 69% |
| Kyson Primary School | B+ | 20% | 69% |
| Westwood Primary School | B+ | 50% | 68% |
| Wickham Market Primary School | B+ | 27% | 68% |
| Rattlesden Church of England Primary Academy | B+ | 14% | 68% |
| Laureate Community Academy | B+ | 13% | 68% |
| Wenhaston Primary School | B+ | 19% | 68% |
| Chelmondiston Church of England Primary School | B+ | 18% | 68% |
| Stanton Primary School | B+ | 18% | 68% |
| Lavenham Community Primary School | B | 22% | 67% |
| St Margaret's CEVAP School, Ipswich | B | 21% | 67% |
| St Louis Catholic Academy | B | 14% | 67% |
| St Helen's Primary School | B | 30% | 67% |
| Great Barton Church of England Primary Academy | B | 9% | 67% |
| Handford Hall Primary School | B | 31% | 67% |
| Great Whelnetham Church of England Primary School | B | 32% | 67% |
| Bildeston Primary School | B | 23% | 66% |
| Heath Primary School, Kesgrave | B | 10% | 66% |
| The Oaks Primary School | B | 33% | 66% |
| Martlesham Primary Academy | B | 26% | 66% |
| Palgrave Church of England Primary School | B | 8% | 66% |
| Cedars Park Community Primary School | B | 14% | 66% |
| Wells Hall Primary School | B | 18% | 66% |
| Rushmere Hall Primary School | B | 13% | 66% |
| Gorseland Primary School | B | 11% | 65% |
| Risby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | B | 7% | 65% |
| Worlingham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | B | 12% | 65% |
| Blundeston Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | B | 13% | 65% |
| Brampton Church of England Primary School | B | 31% | 65% |
| Abbot's Hall Community Primary School | B | 16% | 65% |
| Copdock Primary School | B− | 6% | 64% |
| Woodbridge Primary School | B− | 12% | 64% |
| Framlingham Sir Robert Hitcham's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | B− | 17% | 64% |
| Sprites Primary Academy | B− | 28% | 64% |
| Gunton Primary Academy | B− | 35% | 64% |
| Dale Hall Community Primary School | B− | 7% | 64% |
| Colneis Junior School | B− | 22% | 64% |
| Bealings School | B− | 5% | 63% |
| Barnham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | B− | 14% | 63% |
| Barrow Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | B− | 10% | 63% |
| Elveden Church of England Primary Academy | B− | 9% | 63% |
| Long Melford Church of England Primary School | B− | 21% | 63% |
| Mellis Church of England Primary School | B− | 4% | 63% |
| Rougham Church of England Primary School | B− | 11% | 63% |
| Hintlesham and Chattisham Church of England Primary School | B− | 9% | 63% |
| St Pancras Catholic Primary School | B− | 20% | 63% |
| Carlton Colville Primary School | B− | 16% | 63% |
| Coupals Primary Academy | B− | 19% | 62% |
| Ringsfield Church of England Primary School | B− | 10% | 62% |
| St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary School, Eye | B− | 22% | 62% |
| Waldringfield Primary School | B− | 22% | 62% |
| Kessingland Church of England Primary Academy | B− | 50% | 61% |
| Pakefield Primary School | B− | 18% | 61% |
| St Margaret's Primary Academy | B− | 48% | 61% |
| Beccles Primary Academy | B− | 46% | 61% |
| Mendham Primary School | B− | 33% | 61% |
| Claydon Primary School | B− | 17% | 61% |
| Britannia Primary School and Nursery | B− | 13% | 61% |
| Orford Church of England Primary School and Nursery | B− | 32% | 61% |
| Trimley St Martin Primary School | C+ | 20% | 60% |
| Birchwood Primary School | C+ | 10% | 60% |
| Great Waldingfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | C+ | 19% | 60% |
| Burton End Primary Academy | C+ | 24% | 60% |
| Thurston Church of England Primary Academy | C+ | 20% | 60% |
| Bramfield Church of England Primary School | C+ | 27% | 60% |
| Henley Primary School | C+ | 7% | 60% |
| Stradbroke Church of England Primary School | C+ | 13% | 60% |
| Dennington Church of England Primary School | C+ | 24% | 60% |
| Witnesham Primary School | C+ | 10% | 59% |
| Wood Ley Community Primary School | C+ | 15% | 59% |
| Sebert Wood Community Primary School | C+ | 12% | 59% |
| Tattingstone Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | C+ | 23% | 59% |
| Northfield St Nicholas Primary Academy | C+ | 44% | 59% |
| Hartest Church of England Primary School | C+ | 31% | 59% |
| Chilton Community Primary School | C+ | 42% | 59% |
| Reydon Primary School | C+ | 29% | 58% |
| Clements Primary Academy | C+ | 35% | 58% |
| Walsham-le-Willows Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | C | 17% | 57% |
| Cedarwood Primary School | C | 9% | 57% |
| The Beeches Community Primary School | C | 44% | 57% |
| Phoenix St Peter Academy | C | 56% | 57% |
| St Christopher's CEVCP School | C | 22% | 57% |
| Ilketshall St Lawrence School | C | 17% | 57% |
| Sandlings Primary School | C | 6% | 56% |
| Bures Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | C | 12% | 56% |
| Corton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | C | 19% | 56% |
| Sir Robert Hitcham Church of England Voluntary Aided School | C | 13% | 56% |
| Forest Academy | C | 20% | 56% |
| Westfield Primary Academy | C | 22% | 56% |
| Easton Primary School | C | 21% | 56% |
| Occold Primary School | C | 13% | 56% |
| Saxmundham Primary School | C | 41% | 56% |
| Freeman Community Primary School | C | 12% | 56% |
| Thorndon Church of England Primary School | C | 22% | 56% |
| Earl Soham Community Primary School | C | 12% | 55% |
| Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | C | 12% | 55% |
| Capel St Mary Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | C | 12% | 55% |
| Dell Primary School | C | 32% | 55% |
| Old Newton Church of England Primary School | C | 16% | 55% |
| Springfield Junior School | C | 31% | 55% |
| Holbrook Primary School | C | 10% | 54% |
| Langer Primary Academy | C | 46% | 54% |
| Mendlesham Primary School | C | 17% | 54% |
| Aldeburgh Primary School | C | 32% | 54% |
| Clare Community Primary School | C | 19% | 54% |
| Lakenheath Community Primary School | C− | 20% | 53% |
| Gusford Community Primary School | C− | 33% | 53% |
| Beck Row Primary Academy | C− | 23% | 53% |
| Poplars Community Primary School | C− | 47% | 53% |
| Grange Community Primary School | C− | 36% | 53% |
| Hundon Community Primary School | C− | 17% | 52% |
| Bentley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | C− | 15% | 52% |
| Stonham Aspal Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | C− | 11% | 52% |
| Bacton Primary School | C− | 28% | 52% |
| Holton St Peter Community Primary School | C− | 13% | 52% |
| Whitehouse Community Primary School | C− | 34% | 52% |
| Cockfield Church of England Primary School | C− | 23% | 52% |
| Hopton Church of England Primary Academy | C− | 37% | 52% |
| Barningham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | C− | 15% | 51% |
| Beaumont Community Primary School | C− | 21% | 51% |
| Sidegate Primary School | C− | 17% | 51% |
| St Felix Roman Catholic Primary School, Haverhill | C− | 12% | 51% |
| St Matthew's Church of England Primary School, Ipswich | C− | 33% | 51% |
| Otley Primary School | C− | 18% | 50% |
| Somersham Primary School | C− | 11% | 50% |
| Leiston Primary School | C− | 34% | 50% |
| The Pines Primary School | C− | 5% | 50% |
| Charsfield Church of England Primary School | C− | 18% | 50% |
| Crawford's Church of England Primary School | C− | 27% | 50% |
| Bosmere Community Primary School | C− | 24% | 50% |
| Kingsfleet Primary School | C− | 20% | 49% |
| Clifford Community Primary School & Nursery | C− | 19% | 49% |
| St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | C− | 25% | 49% |
| Nacton Church of England Primary School | C− | 10% | 49% |
| Combs Ford Primary School | C− | 27% | 49% |
| Ravenswood Community Primary School | C− | 31% | 49% |
| Pot Kiln Primary School | C− | 29% | 48% |
| New Cangle Community Primary School | C− | 17% | 48% |
| Bramford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | C− | 19% | 48% |
| Castle Hill Junior School | C− | 35% | 48% |
| Murrayfield Primary - A Paradigm Academy | C− | 46% | 48% |
| Melton Primary School | D | 36% | 47% |
| Great Heath Academy | D | 23% | 47% |
| St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School | D | 16% | 47% |
| Barnby and North Cove Community Primary School | D | 30% | 47% |
| Ixworth Church of England Primary School | D | 30% | 47% |
| Glade Academy | D | 24% | 47% |
| Stutton Church of England Primary School | D | 20% | 47% |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School, Newmarket | D | 22% | 47% |
| Bucklesham Primary School | D | 6% | 46% |
| Southwold Primary School | D | 56% | 46% |
| Piper's Vale Primary - A Paradigm Academy | D | 51% | 46% |
| Fressingfield Church of England Primary School | D | 14% | 46% |
| Sexton's Manor Primary School | D | 24% | 46% |
| Trimley St Mary Primary School | D | 20% | 45% |
| St Benet's RC Primary School and Nursery | D | 35% | 45% |
| Elmsett Church of England Primary School | D | 27% | 45% |
| Edgar Sewter Community Primary School | D | 34% | 44% |
| Rendlesham Primary School | D | 10% | 44% |
| Bawdsey Church of England Primary School | D | 26% | 44% |
| Worlingworth Church of England primary school | D | 19% | 44% |
| Hillside Primary School | D | 47% | 43% |
| Tudor Church of England Primary School, Sudbury | D | 29% | 43% |
| Hardwick Primary School | D | 24% | 43% |
| St Edmund's Primary School | D | 26% | 42% |
| Rose Hill Primary | D | 30% | 42% |
| Wetheringsett Church of England Primary School | D | 13% | 42% |
| Benhall St Mary's Church of England Primary School | D | 39% | 42% |
| Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery | D | 28% | 41% |
| Snape Primary School | D | 8% | 41% |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Hadleigh | D | 24% | 40% |
| Woolpit Primary Academy | D− | 39% | 38% |
| Bungay Primary School | D− | 38% | 38% |
| Coldfair Green Community Primary School | D− | 14% | 38% |
| Morland Church of England Primary School | D− | 36% | 37% |
| St Mary's Church of England Academy | D− | 20% | 36% |
| Middleton Community Primary School | D− | 44% | 36% |
| Felix Primary School | D− | 39% | 35% |
| Shotley Community Primary School | D− | 31% | 32% |
| Roman Hill Primary School | D− | 51% | 31% |
| Bedfield Church of England Primary School | D− | 39% | 31% |
| Honington Church of England Primary School | D− | 19% | 31% |
| Bardwell Church of England Primary School | D− | 22% | 28% |
| Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy | D− | 34% | 28% |
| The Willows Primary School | D− | 61% | 28% |
| Howard Community Academy | D− | 42% | 27% |
| Ranelagh Primary School | D− | 34% | 26% |
| Whatfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | D− | 30% | 25% |
| St Edmund's RC Primary School and Nursery | D− | 35% | 24% |
| Stoke-by-Nayland Church of England Primary School | D− | 60% | 22% |
| Hollesley Primary School | D− | 25% | 22% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025310 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
Gunton Primary Academy’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, April 2024.
Living near Gunton Primary Academy
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in NR32 4, the school’s postcode sector
Lowestoft property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in NR32 4 sell for a little over Lowestoft’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
9 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Lowestoft, NR32 4LX
Gunton Primary Academy: common questions
Is Gunton Primary Academy a good school?
By its published results, above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 54% of England’s primary schools (its letter is B−), with 64% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, April 2024.
How hard is it to get into Gunton Primary Academy?
For September 2026, 35 families put Gunton Primary Academy first and all of them were offered a place; 42 places were offered in all.
What is Gunton Primary Academy’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Good (April 2024).
How much do houses cost near Gunton Primary Academy?
Homes in its postcode sector, NR32 4, sold for a median £244,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (499 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Lowestoft’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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