What did Ofsted judge Great Heath Academy's overall effectiveness to be?

Ofsted judged Great Heath Academy's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in January 2024, on Ofsted's own scale.

How many pupils attend Great Heath Academy?

Great Heath Academy has 438 pupils on roll.

What ages does Great Heath Academy take?

Great Heath Academy admits pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Great Heath Academy located?

Great Heath Academy is located in Bury St Edmunds, IP28 7PT, Suffolk.

How do I apply to Great Heath Academy?

Great Heath Academy 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 Great Heath Academy?

Distance did not decide places at Great Heath Academy 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 Great Heath Academy?

When Great Heath Academy has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after children and previously looked after children — Looked after children and all previously looked after children, including those children 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. Siblings — Children whose siblings live at the same address, currently attend the academy and who will still be attending the academy at the point of admission. A sibling is classed as children living permanently at the same address as a child already attending the academy and either have one or both parents in common, are related by a parent's marriage or civil relationship, are adopted or fostered by a common parent, or are related to children who live at the same address whose parents live as partners. This must be the main family home and the child's normal place of residence – not a temporary or short term arrangement; 3. Children of staff — Children of permanent teaching and support staff at the academy (full time and part time on permanent or consecutive annual fixed term contracts) who have been employed at the academy for 2 years or more at the time of application, or a member of staff who is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage at the same academy. The staff member must spend more than 50% of their normal working week during term time at the academy, and 1 further criteria. The school offers 60 places at this entry point. Tie-break: If, following the application of the oversubscription criteria, two or more applicants are judged to have equal priority for the final place at an academy, random allocation will be used to determine who receives the place. Where random allocation is used, the names of the applicants will be entered into a hat and a name will be selected from the hat by someone independent of the academy.

What is the largest ethnic background at Great Heath Academy?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 63.7% of pupils at Great Heath Academy are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

Great Heath Academy: 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.

How places are decided at Great Heath Academy

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 children and previously looked after children — Looked after children and all previously looked after children, including those children 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.
2Siblings — Children whose siblings live at the same address, currently attend the academy and who will still be attending the academy at the point of admission. A sibling is classed as children living permanently at the same address as a child already attending the academy and either have one or both parents in common, are related by a parent's marriage or civil relationship, are adopted or fostered by a common parent, or are related to children who live at the same address whose parents live as partners. This must be the main family home and the child's normal place of residence – not a temporary or short term arrangement.
3Children of staff — Children of permanent teaching and support staff at the academy (full time and part time on permanent or consecutive annual fixed term contracts) who have been employed at the academy for 2 years or more at the time of application, or a member of staff who is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage at the same academy. The staff member must spend more than 50% of their normal working week during term time at the academy.
4Distance — Other children by distance from the academy, with priority for admission given to children who live nearest to the academy as measured by a straight-line distance between the child's property address point and the academy's property address point.

If two applications tie: If, following the application of the oversubscription criteria, two or more applicants are judged to have equal priority for the final place at an academy, random allocation will be used to determine who receives the place. Where random allocation is used, the names of the applicants will be entered into a hat and a name will be selected from the hat by someone independent of the academy.

Twins/multiple births rule: if children of multiple births require admission in the same year group and there is only a single place left within the PAN, the school will offer places above the PAN, as permitted by Infant class size rules.

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.

Great Heath Academy: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Great Heath Academy's overall effectiveness to be?: Ofsted judged Great Heath Academy's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in January 2024, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend Great Heath Academy?: Great Heath Academy has 438 pupils on roll.
What ages does Great Heath Academy take?: Great Heath Academy admits pupils aged 3 to 11.
Where is Great Heath Academy located?: Great Heath Academy is located in Bury St Edmunds, IP28 7PT, Suffolk.
How do I apply to Great Heath Academy?: Great Heath Academy 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 Great Heath Academy?: Distance did not decide places at Great Heath Academy 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 Great Heath Academy?: When Great Heath Academy has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after children and previously looked after children — Looked after children and all previously looked after children, including those children 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. Siblings — Children whose siblings live at the same address, currently attend the academy and who will still be attending the academy at the point of admission. A sibling is classed as children living permanently at the same address as a child already attending the academy and either have one or both parents in common, are related by a parent's marriage or civil relationship, are adopted or fostered by a common parent, or are related to children who live at the same address whose parents live as partners. This must be the main family home and the child's normal place of residence – not a temporary or short term arrangement; 3. Children of staff — Children of permanent teaching and support staff at the academy (full time and part time on permanent or consecutive annual fixed term contracts) who have been employed at the academy for 2 years or more at the time of application, or a member of staff who is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage at the same academy. The staff member must spend more than 50% of their normal working week during term time at the academy, and 1 further criteria. The school offers 60 places at this entry point. Tie-break: If, following the application of the oversubscription criteria, two or more applicants are judged to have equal priority for the final place at an academy, random allocation will be used to determine who receives the place. Where random allocation is used, the names of the applicants will be entered into a hat and a name will be selected from the hat by someone independent of the academy.
What is the largest ethnic background at Great Heath Academy?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 63.7% of pupils at Great Heath Academy are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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Distance did not decide places here

How places are decided at Great Heath Academy

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 children and previously looked after children — Looked after children and all previously looked after children, including those children 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.
2Siblings — Children whose siblings live at the same address, currently attend the academy and who will still be attending the academy at the point of admission. A sibling is classed as children living permanently at the same address as a child already attending the academy and either have one or both parents in common, are related by a parent's marriage or civil relationship, are adopted or fostered by a common parent, or are related to children who live at the same address whose parents live as partners. This must be the main family home and the child's normal place of residence – not a temporary or short term arrangement.
3Children of staff — Children of permanent teaching and support staff at the academy (full time and part time on permanent or consecutive annual fixed term contracts) who have been employed at the academy for 2 years or more at the time of application, or a member of staff who is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage at the same academy. The staff member must spend more than 50% of their normal working week during term time at the academy.
4Distance — Other children by distance from the academy, with priority for admission given to children who live nearest to the academy as measured by a straight-line distance between the child's property address point and the academy's property address point.

Great Heath Academy: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Great Heath Academy's overall effectiveness to be?: Ofsted judged Great Heath Academy's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in January 2024, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend Great Heath Academy?: Great Heath Academy has 438 pupils on roll.
What ages does Great Heath Academy take?: Great Heath Academy admits pupils aged 3 to 11.
Where is Great Heath Academy located?: Great Heath Academy is located in Bury St Edmunds, IP28 7PT, Suffolk.
How do I apply to Great Heath Academy?: Great Heath Academy 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 Great Heath Academy?: Distance did not decide places at Great Heath Academy 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 Great Heath Academy?: When Great Heath Academy has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after children and previously looked after children — Looked after children and all previously looked after children, including those children 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. Siblings — Children whose siblings live at the same address, currently attend the academy and who will still be attending the academy at the point of admission. A sibling is classed as children living permanently at the same address as a child already attending the academy and either have one or both parents in common, are related by a parent's marriage or civil relationship, are adopted or fostered by a common parent, or are related to children who live at the same address whose parents live as partners. This must be the main family home and the child's normal place of residence – not a temporary or short term arrangement; 3. Children of staff — Children of permanent teaching and support staff at the academy (full time and part time on permanent or consecutive annual fixed term contracts) who have been employed at the academy for 2 years or more at the time of application, or a member of staff who is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage at the same academy. The staff member must spend more than 50% of their normal working week during term time at the academy, and 1 further criteria. The school offers 60 places at this entry point. Tie-break: If, following the application of the oversubscription criteria, two or more applicants are judged to have equal priority for the final place at an academy, random allocation will be used to determine who receives the place. Where random allocation is used, the names of the applicants will be entered into a hat and a name will be selected from the hat by someone independent of the academy.
What is the largest ethnic background at Great Heath Academy?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 63.7% of pupils at Great Heath Academy are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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