Somerleyton Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Lowestoft, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.921 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Somerleyton Primary School is a primary school in Lowestoft, Suffolk for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 June 2023. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Somerleyton Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 2.921 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 2.921 miles away, the 11th longest of 48 Suffolk primary schools with a published last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 14 first-choice applications for 10 offers; 10 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (29%) were not offered a place.
- Of the 19 applications for Reception 2026, 8 (42%) came from families living outside Suffolk, and 2 offers went to them.
- Free school meal eligibility is 7.5% of pupils, against a middle figure of 29.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Suffolk.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Suffolk schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- The Green, Somerleyton, Lowestoft, NR32 5PT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 67 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils happily embody the school values.”
- “They show perseverance, integrity, creativity and kindness in their exemplary behaviour and attitudes to learning.”
- “Pupils appreciate the wide range of extra-curricular activities on offer.”
To improve
- “In a very few subjects, these revised assessment processes are not used as well as they should be.”
- “This means that lesson activities do not always focus on the learning that pupils need to revisit and remember.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 July 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 14 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 10 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Suffolk.
- Blundeston Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.6 mi Standards maintained
- The Limes Primary Academy 2.9 mi Good
- Oulton Broad Primary School 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woods Loke Primary School 3.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Corton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Gunton Primary Academy 3.6 mi School remains Good
- Dell Primary School 4.0 mi Good
- Poplars Community Primary School 4.1 mi Requires improvement