Graded inspection · Jan 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 21 January 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 25 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 entry75 applications · 30 places offered · 33 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.5; East Sussex median median 2.2
- 2025 2.2; East Sussex median median 2.2
- 2024 2.2; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2023 2.2; East Sussex median median 2.0
- 2022 2.4; East Sussex median median 2.0
- 2021 2.0; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2020 2.5; East Sussex median median 2.0
- 2019 2.0; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2018 1.8; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2017 2.1; East Sussex median median 2.0
- 2016 1.9; East Sussex median median 1.8
- 2015 3.3; East Sussex median median 1.7
- 2014 3.0; 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 | 75 | 2.5 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2025 | 28 | 61 | 2.2 | 27 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 66 | 2.2 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2023 | 29 | 65 | 2.2 | 31 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 73 | 2.4 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2021 | 30 | 59 | 2.0 | 26 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2020 | 29 | 71 | 2.5 | 38 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 59 | 2.0 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2018 | 29 | 51 | 1.8 | 23 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2017 | 30 | 64 | 2.1 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2016 | 30 | 56 | 1.9 | 36 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2015 | 30 | 99 | 3.3 | 54 | 1.80 |
| Sep 2014 | 30 | 91 | 3.0 | 60 | 2.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 82% · Writing 79% · Maths 82% → all three 64% 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 | 64% | 14% | 105 | 106 |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 13% | 107 | 106 |
| 2022/23 | 69% | 0% | 106 | 104 |
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 Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · East SussexGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · East SussexGraded · no overall grade20252.8applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · East SussexRemains Good20232.4applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · East SussexStandards maintained20251.8applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · East SussexStandards maintained20243.1applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · East SussexGood20231.3applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · East Sussex20261.6applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 3.4 km · East SussexGood20221.8applications per place 60%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
- 114565 · 845/3339
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 211 pupils · 208 on roll
- Free school meals
- 10.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Hastings Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 2ND
- Local authority
- East Sussex · Rother
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources