Schools in Leiston
Leiston has 3 schools listed on OfferDay. It is in the Suffolk local authority area.
About schools in Leiston
Leiston lists three schools across a mix of phases. Its one secondary school is where pupils go on to after primary. One independent school sits outside the state system and sets its own admissions.
Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.
Primary schools1
The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
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Leiston Primary School
Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11
64%expected standard
Secondary schools1
The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.
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Alde Valley Academy
Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16
33.7Attainment 8
Independent schools1
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Summerhill School
Other independent school · Ages 5 to 18
Schools near Leiston
With only 3 schools listed in Leiston itself, most families here also look further afield. These are the 22 schools closest to the centre of Leiston by straight-line distance, wherever they sit administratively — the nearest is Compass Community School Aylward Park, about 0.1 miles away.
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Compass Community School Aylward Park0.1 miles
Special schools
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Leiston Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Leiston
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Alde Valley Academy0.3 miles
Secondary · Leiston
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Summerhill School0.5 miles
Independent schools · Leiston
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Coldfair Green Community Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Saxmundham
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Middleton Community Primary School3.5 miles
Primary · Saxmundham
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Aldeburgh Primary School4.0 miles
Primary · Aldeburgh
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Kelsale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School4.0 miles
Primary · Saxmundham
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Benhall St Mary's Church of England Primary School4.0 miles
Primary · Saxmundham
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Snape Primary School4.1 miles
Primary · Saxmundham
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Saxmundham Primary School4.2 miles
Primary · Saxmundham
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Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy5.1 miles
Primary · Saxmundham
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Bramfield Church of England Primary School7.5 miles
Primary · Halesworth
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Orford Church of England Primary School and Nursery7.9 miles
Primary · Woodbridge
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Bramfield House School7.9 miles
Special schools · Halesworth
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Wenhaston Primary School8.0 miles
Primary · Halesworth
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Rendlesham Primary School8.8 miles
Primary · Woodbridge
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Southwold Primary School9.4 miles
Primary · Southwold
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Saint Felix School9.4 miles
Independent schools · Southwold
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Reydon Primary School9.9 miles
Primary · Southwold
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Eyke Church of England Primary School10.5 miles
Primary · Woodbridge
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Sandlings Primary School12.0 miles
Primary · Woodbridge
Common questions about schools in Leiston
- How many schools does Leiston have?
- OfferDay lists three schools in Leiston, including one primary school and one secondary school.
- Who inspects schools in Leiston?
- Every school in Leiston is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
- How are schools in Leiston ranked?
- OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and Leiston does not have enough to rank. Compare its schools on their Ofsted reports and, where results are published, the figures shown against each school on this page.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.