What did Ofsted judge Bildeston Primary School's overall effectiveness to be?

Ofsted judged Bildeston Primary School's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in September 2022, on Ofsted's own scale.

How many pupils attend Bildeston Primary School?

Bildeston Primary School has 117 pupils on roll.

What ages does Bildeston Primary School take?

Bildeston Primary School admits pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is Bildeston Primary School located?

Bildeston Primary School is located in Ipswich, IP7 7ES, Suffolk.

How do I apply to Bildeston Primary School?

Bildeston Primary School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.

How close do you need to live to get into Bildeston Primary School?

Distance did not decide places at Bildeston Primary School for 2026-27 (Reception): every applicant who applied on time was offered a place, so there was no cut-off distance. This changes year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.

How are Reception places decided at Bildeston Primary School?

When Bildeston Primary School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after and previously looked after children — Children in care (looked after children) and children who were previously in care (children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order, immediately following having been in care, including those who appear [to the admission authority] to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted); 2. Sibling link — Sibling: where the child has a sibling in the school or a sibling has already been offered a place at the school, and where the sibling will still be attending the school at the time of admission but not in a specialist unit or a specialist resource base for Hearing Impaired provision, a nursery or in the sixth form. Priority will be given, where necessary, to applications where there is the smallest age gap in calendar days between the child’s date of birth and the date of birth of any sibling already attending the school, or who has been offered a place at the time of application. The term ‘sibling’ includes natural, half, step, and adopted brothers and sisters; a child of the partner of the parent; and children who are fostered into the family. In all these cases, the child and their sibling will both be living at the same address (that is where the child is ordinarily resident) in a single-family unit. This means that children from different family units, where those separate families are living together at the same address, are not considered siblings under this criterion. The sibling criterion will also apply to applications to Fairfield Infant and Colneis Junior Schools, Felixstowe, as these are paired infant and junior schools. We will treat applicants as siblings when the older child is already attending Colneis Junior School or will be offered a place at this school in the normal year of entry. In cases where the younger child is about to start in the Reception Year group in Fairfield Infant School and the older child is due to transfer to Colneis Junior School, we will treat both applicants as siblings. Similarly, we will use the sibling criterion for an application to Colneis Junior school if the younger child is already attending or has been offered a place at Fairfield Infant school; 3. Residence in the school's catchment area — Children who are ordinarily resident in the catchment area who live nearest to the school. We will measure the distance by a straight line (‘as the crow flies’). All straight line distances are calculated electronically by Suffolk County Council using data provided jointly by the Post Office and Ordnance Survey. The data plots the co- ordinates of each property and provides the address-point between which the straight line distance is measured and reported to three decimal places. Where there is more than one home within a single building (for example apartments) we will measure to a single point within that building irrespective of where those homes are located, and 1 further criteria. The school offers 20 places at this entry point. Tie-break: Within each criterion, priority is decided by straight-line distance from home to school. Where distances are equal, a random allocation supervised by a person independent of the admissions process decides the order.

What is the largest ethnic background at Bildeston Primary School?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 88.9% of pupils at Bildeston Primary School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

Bildeston Primary School: Ofsted, Results & Catchment 2026

How close did you need to live?

Distance did not decide places here

Every applicant who applied on time was offered a place for 2026-27 (Reception), so there was no cut-off distance. This changes from year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.

Last distance offered at Bildeston Primary School, year by year →

How places are decided at Bildeston Primary School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Looked after and previously looked after children — Children in care (looked after children) and children who were previously in care (children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order, immediately following having been in care, including those who appear [to the admission authority] to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted).
2Sibling link — Sibling: where the child has a sibling in the school or a sibling has already been offered a place at the school, and where the sibling will still be attending the school at the time of admission but not in a specialist unit or a specialist resource base for Hearing Impaired provision, a nursery or in the sixth form. Priority will be given, where necessary, to applications where there is the smallest age gap in calendar days between the child’s date of birth and the date of birth of any sibling already attending the school, or who has been offered a place at the time of application. The term ‘sibling’ includes natural, half, step, and adopted brothers and sisters; a child of the partner of the parent; and children who are fostered into the family. In all these cases, the child and their sibling will both be living at the same address (that is where the child is ordinarily resident) in a single-family unit. This means that children from different family units, where those separate families are living together at the same address, are not considered siblings under this criterion. The sibling criterion will also apply to applications to Fairfield Infant and Colneis Junior Schools, Felixstowe, as these are paired infant and junior schools. We will treat applicants as siblings when the older child is already attending Colneis Junior School or will be offered a place at this school in the normal year of entry. In cases where the younger child is about to start in the Reception Year group in Fairfield Infant School and the older child is due to transfer to Colneis Junior School, we will treat both applicants as siblings. Similarly, we will use the sibling criterion for an application to Colneis Junior school if the younger child is already attending or has been offered a place at Fairfield Infant school.
3Residence in the school's catchment area — Children who are ordinarily resident in the catchment area who live nearest to the school. We will measure the distance by a straight line (‘as the crow flies’). All straight line distances are calculated electronically by Suffolk County Council using data provided jointly by the Post Office and Ordnance Survey. The data plots the co- ordinates of each property and provides the address-point between which the straight line distance is measured and reported to three decimal places. Where there is more than one home within a single building (for example apartments) we will measure to a single point within that building irrespective of where those homes are located.
4Distance from the school — Children who live outside the school’s catchment area who live nearest to the school. We will measure the distance by a straight line (‘as the crow flies’) as set out in criterion 3) above.

If two applications tie: Within each criterion, priority is decided by straight-line distance from home to school. Where distances are equal, a random allocation supervised by a person independent of the admissions process decides the order.

Read 2026-09-12 from Suffolk County Council’s determined admission arrangements for 2027/2028. The council is the admission authority for community and voluntary controlled schools; academies, voluntary aided and foundation schools in Suffolk set their own criteria and are not covered by this document. CORRECTION 2026-09-13: this row was written on 12 September with the right admission number, notes and source but an empty rule list — every rule came out blank. The rules below were re-read from the same determined document and written back.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.

Bildeston Primary School: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Bildeston Primary School's overall effectiveness to be?: Ofsted judged Bildeston Primary School's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in September 2022, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend Bildeston Primary School?: Bildeston Primary School has 117 pupils on roll.
What ages does Bildeston Primary School take?: Bildeston Primary School admits pupils aged 4 to 11.
Where is Bildeston Primary School located?: Bildeston Primary School is located in Ipswich, IP7 7ES, Suffolk.
How do I apply to Bildeston Primary School?: Bildeston Primary School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.
How close do you need to live to get into Bildeston Primary School?: Distance did not decide places at Bildeston Primary School for 2026-27 (Reception): every applicant who applied on time was offered a place, so there was no cut-off distance. This changes year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.
How are Reception places decided at Bildeston Primary School?: When Bildeston Primary School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after and previously looked after children — Children in care (looked after children) and children who were previously in care (children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order, immediately following having been in care, including those who appear [to the admission authority] to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted); 2. Sibling link — Sibling: where the child has a sibling in the school or a sibling has already been offered a place at the school, and where the sibling will still be attending the school at the time of admission but not in a specialist unit or a specialist resource base for Hearing Impaired provision, a nursery or in the sixth form. Priority will be given, where necessary, to applications where there is the smallest age gap in calendar days between the child’s date of birth and the date of birth of any sibling already attending the school, or who has been offered a place at the time of application. The term ‘sibling’ includes natural, half, step, and adopted brothers and sisters; a child of the partner of the parent; and children who are fostered into the family. In all these cases, the child and their sibling will both be living at the same address (that is where the child is ordinarily resident) in a single-family unit. This means that children from different family units, where those separate families are living together at the same address, are not considered siblings under this criterion. The sibling criterion will also apply to applications to Fairfield Infant and Colneis Junior Schools, Felixstowe, as these are paired infant and junior schools. We will treat applicants as siblings when the older child is already attending Colneis Junior School or will be offered a place at this school in the normal year of entry. In cases where the younger child is about to start in the Reception Year group in Fairfield Infant School and the older child is due to transfer to Colneis Junior School, we will treat both applicants as siblings. Similarly, we will use the sibling criterion for an application to Colneis Junior school if the younger child is already attending or has been offered a place at Fairfield Infant school; 3. Residence in the school's catchment area — Children who are ordinarily resident in the catchment area who live nearest to the school. We will measure the distance by a straight line (‘as the crow flies’). All straight line distances are calculated electronically by Suffolk County Council using data provided jointly by the Post Office and Ordnance Survey. The data plots the co- ordinates of each property and provides the address-point between which the straight line distance is measured and reported to three decimal places. Where there is more than one home within a single building (for example apartments) we will measure to a single point within that building irrespective of where those homes are located, and 1 further criteria. The school offers 20 places at this entry point. Tie-break: Within each criterion, priority is decided by straight-line distance from home to school. Where distances are equal, a random allocation supervised by a person independent of the admissions process decides the order.
What is the largest ethnic background at Bildeston Primary School?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 88.9% of pupils at Bildeston Primary School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How close did you need to live?

Distance did not decide places here

Last distance offered at Bildeston Primary School, year by year →

How places are decided at Bildeston Primary School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Looked after and previously looked after children — Children in care (looked after children) and children who were previously in care (children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order, immediately following having been in care, including those who appear [to the admission authority] to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted).
2Sibling link — Sibling: where the child has a sibling in the school or a sibling has already been offered a place at the school, and where the sibling will still be attending the school at the time of admission but not in a specialist unit or a specialist resource base for Hearing Impaired provision, a nursery or in the sixth form. Priority will be given, where necessary, to applications where there is the smallest age gap in calendar days between the child’s date of birth and the date of birth of any sibling already attending the school, or who has been offered a place at the time of application. The term ‘sibling’ includes natural, half, step, and adopted brothers and sisters; a child of the partner of the parent; and children who are fostered into the family. In all these cases, the child and their sibling will both be living at the same address (that is where the child is ordinarily resident) in a single-family unit. This means that children from different family units, where those separate families are living together at the same address, are not considered siblings under this criterion. The sibling criterion will also apply to applications to Fairfield Infant and Colneis Junior Schools, Felixstowe, as these are paired infant and junior schools. We will treat applicants as siblings when the older child is already attending Colneis Junior School or will be offered a place at this school in the normal year of entry. In cases where the younger child is about to start in the Reception Year group in Fairfield Infant School and the older child is due to transfer to Colneis Junior School, we will treat both applicants as siblings. Similarly, we will use the sibling criterion for an application to Colneis Junior school if the younger child is already attending or has been offered a place at Fairfield Infant school.
3Residence in the school's catchment area — Children who are ordinarily resident in the catchment area who live nearest to the school. We will measure the distance by a straight line (‘as the crow flies’). All straight line distances are calculated electronically by Suffolk County Council using data provided jointly by the Post Office and Ordnance Survey. The data plots the co- ordinates of each property and provides the address-point between which the straight line distance is measured and reported to three decimal places. Where there is more than one home within a single building (for example apartments) we will measure to a single point within that building irrespective of where those homes are located.
4Distance from the school — Children who live outside the school’s catchment area who live nearest to the school. We will measure the distance by a straight line (‘as the crow flies’) as set out in criterion 3) above.

Bildeston Primary School: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Bildeston Primary School's overall effectiveness to be?: Ofsted judged Bildeston Primary School's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in September 2022, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend Bildeston Primary School?: Bildeston Primary School has 117 pupils on roll.
What ages does Bildeston Primary School take?: Bildeston Primary School admits pupils aged 4 to 11.
Where is Bildeston Primary School located?: Bildeston Primary School is located in Ipswich, IP7 7ES, Suffolk.
How do I apply to Bildeston Primary School?: Bildeston Primary School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.
How close do you need to live to get into Bildeston Primary School?: Distance did not decide places at Bildeston Primary School for 2026-27 (Reception): every applicant who applied on time was offered a place, so there was no cut-off distance. This changes year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.
How are Reception places decided at Bildeston Primary School?: When Bildeston Primary School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after and previously looked after children — Children in care (looked after children) and children who were previously in care (children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order, immediately following having been in care, including those who appear [to the admission authority] to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted); 2. Sibling link — Sibling: where the child has a sibling in the school or a sibling has already been offered a place at the school, and where the sibling will still be attending the school at the time of admission but not in a specialist unit or a specialist resource base for Hearing Impaired provision, a nursery or in the sixth form. Priority will be given, where necessary, to applications where there is the smallest age gap in calendar days between the child’s date of birth and the date of birth of any sibling already attending the school, or who has been offered a place at the time of application. The term ‘sibling’ includes natural, half, step, and adopted brothers and sisters; a child of the partner of the parent; and children who are fostered into the family. In all these cases, the child and their sibling will both be living at the same address (that is where the child is ordinarily resident) in a single-family unit. This means that children from different family units, where those separate families are living together at the same address, are not considered siblings under this criterion. The sibling criterion will also apply to applications to Fairfield Infant and Colneis Junior Schools, Felixstowe, as these are paired infant and junior schools. We will treat applicants as siblings when the older child is already attending Colneis Junior School or will be offered a place at this school in the normal year of entry. In cases where the younger child is about to start in the Reception Year group in Fairfield Infant School and the older child is due to transfer to Colneis Junior School, we will treat both applicants as siblings. Similarly, we will use the sibling criterion for an application to Colneis Junior school if the younger child is already attending or has been offered a place at Fairfield Infant school; 3. Residence in the school's catchment area — Children who are ordinarily resident in the catchment area who live nearest to the school. We will measure the distance by a straight line (‘as the crow flies’). All straight line distances are calculated electronically by Suffolk County Council using data provided jointly by the Post Office and Ordnance Survey. The data plots the co- ordinates of each property and provides the address-point between which the straight line distance is measured and reported to three decimal places. Where there is more than one home within a single building (for example apartments) we will measure to a single point within that building irrespective of where those homes are located, and 1 further criteria. The school offers 20 places at this entry point. Tie-break: Within each criterion, priority is decided by straight-line distance from home to school. Where distances are equal, a random allocation supervised by a person independent of the admissions process decides the order.
What is the largest ethnic background at Bildeston Primary School?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 88.9% of pupils at Bildeston Primary School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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Feeder schools & nurseries

Children attending these settings are given priority in this school's admissions.

Colneis Junior School

Primary

Fairfield Infant School

Primary

Where children go next

Pupils here are given admissions priority at these schools.

Hadleigh High School

Secondary

Good

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