Graded inspection · Mar 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in East Sussex
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 25 March 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 13 September 2019Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry86 applications · 30 places offered · 34 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.9; East Sussex median median 2.2
- 2025 2.7; East Sussex median median 2.2
- 2024 2.2; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2023 2.0; East Sussex median median 2.0
- 2022 2.1; East Sussex median median 2.0
- 2021 2.8; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2020 2.4; East Sussex median median 2.0
- 2019 2.5; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2018 2.0; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2017 2.4; East Sussex median median 2.0
- 2016 2.3; East Sussex median median 1.8
- 2015 2.6; East Sussex median median 1.7
- 2014 2.9; East Sussex median median 1.8
- This school
- East Sussex median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 30 | 86 | 2.9 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 80 | 2.7 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2024 | 25 | 55 | 2.2 | 24 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 | 26 | 53 | 2.0 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 63 | 2.1 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 22 | 62 | 2.8 | 20 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2020 | 25 | 61 | 2.4 | 20 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 74 | 2.5 | 43 | 1.43 |
| Sep 2018 | 29 | 58 | 2.0 | 26 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2017 | 30 | 73 | 2.4 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2016 | 30 | 70 | 2.3 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2015 | 30 | 79 | 2.6 | 46 | 1.53 |
| Sep 2014 | 30 | 87 | 2.9 | 51 | 1.70 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 79% · Writing 79% · Maths 83% → all three 66% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- East Sussex median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 66% | 7% | 107 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 73% | 3% | 106 | 106 |
| 2022/23 | 61% | 3% | 107 | 105 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St John's Church of England Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20252.9applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · East Sussex20263.1applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · East SussexRemains Good20242.2applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · East SussexRemains Good20232.2applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 3.7 km · East SussexStandards maintained20250.7applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 4.4 km · East Sussex20262.0applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 4.7 km · East SussexStandards maintained20252.3applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 5.6 km · East SussexGood20232.2applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 5.6 km · East SussexRemains Good20232.2applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 114549 · 845/3322
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 210 on roll
- Free school meals
- 5.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- School Lane, St John's, Crowborough, TN6 1SD
- Local authority
- East Sussex · Wealden
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources