Academy sponsor led · East Sussex

Ore Village Primary Academy

3–11Ages
274Pupils
PrimaryPhase
139683URN

Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.7per place

0.4 below East Sussex median (2.2)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in East Sussex

43 applications for 25 places · 81st of 105 in East Sussex

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

65%met the expected standard

East Sussex 64% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 21 February 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
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

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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 entry

1.7applications per place, Reception

0.4 below East Sussex median (2.2) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

43 applications · 25 places offered · 25 named it first

2026 1.7; East Sussex median median 2.2
2025 1.8; East Sussex median median 2.2
2024 1.5; East Sussex median median 1.9
2023 1.1; East Sussex median median 2.0
2022 1.3; East Sussex median median 2.0
2021 1.1; East Sussex median median 1.9
2020 1.3; East Sussex median median 2.0
2019 1.3; East Sussex median median 1.9
2018 1.1; East Sussex median median 1.9
2017 1.3; East Sussex median median 2.0
2016 1.2; East Sussex median median 1.8
2015 1.5; East Sussex median median 1.7
2014 1.0; East Sussex median median 1.8

More applications per place than the East Sussex median in 0 of 13 years.

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	25	43	1.7	25	1.00
Sep 2025	20	35	1.8	19	0.95
Sep 2024	30	45	1.5	27	0.90
Sep 2023	40	45	1.1	31	0.78
Sep 2022	29	39	1.3	21	0.72
Sep 2021	35	39	1.1	30	0.86
Sep 2020	33	42	1.3	27	0.82
Sep 2019	40	51	1.3	33	0.83
Sep 2018	31	34	1.1	21	0.68
Sep 2017	37	48	1.3	33	0.89
Sep 2016	44	52	1.2	30	0.68
Sep 2015	38	57	1.5	38	1.00
Sep 2014	55	57	1.0	36	0.65

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 78% · Writing 73% · Maths 80% → all three 65% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard65%60th of 129 in East Sussex

East Sussex 64% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard78%

East Sussex 78% England 78%

Higher standard28%

East Sussex 30% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard73%

East Sussex 76% England 75%

Greater depth0%

East Sussex 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard80%

East Sussex 75% England 77%

Higher standard20%

East Sussex 22% England 24%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

This school
East Sussex median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	65%	0%	106	106
2023/24	58%	0%	104	102
2022/23	42%	0%	101	101

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

Ore Village Primary AcademyThis school
This school

Good2024

1.7applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
Sandown Primary School and Nursery
0.4 km · East Sussex

Standards maintained2025

1.7applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
All Saints CofE Junior Academy
1.3 km · East Sussex

Remains Good2023

63%met the SATs standard
Dudley Infant Academy
1.6 km · East Sussex

Standards maintained2025

2.2applications per place
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
1.7 km · East Sussex

Remains Good2023
Mulberry Baird Primary
1.9 km · East Sussex

Requires improvement2024

1.7applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Ark Castledown Primary Academy
2.0 km · East Sussex

2025

1.9applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
Guestling Bradshaw Church of England Primary School
2.6 km · East Sussex

2026

2.5applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Ark Blacklands Primary Academy
2.6 km · East Sussex

Remains Outstanding2023

2.0applications per place 92%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: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 139683 · 845/2006
Trust: The Kemnal Academies Trust
Capacity: 420 pupils · 274 on roll
Free school meals: 57.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 September 2013
Replaced: Red Lake Community Primary School (URN 114448)
Address: Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DB
Local authority: East Sussex · Hastings

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources