Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in East Sussex
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 9 June 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 22 November 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)
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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 entry43 applications · 22 places offered · 11 named it first
- 2026 2.0; East Sussex median median 2.2
- 2025 2.6; East Sussex median median 2.2
- 2024 2.3; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2023 4.9; East Sussex median median 2.0
- 2022 2.6; East Sussex median median 2.0
- 2021 2.4; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2020 1.9; East Sussex median median 2.0
- 2019 2.3; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2018 1.7; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2017 1.8; East Sussex median median 2.0
- 2016 0.9; East Sussex median median 1.8
- 2015 1.0; East Sussex median median 1.7
- 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 | 22 | 43 | 2.0 | 11 | 0.50 |
| Sep 2025 | 21 | 55 | 2.6 | 16 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2024 | 23 | 53 | 2.3 | 19 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2023 | 12 | 59 | 4.9 | 10 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 79 | 2.6 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2021 | 30 | 72 | 2.4 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 28 | 54 | 1.9 | 22 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2019 | 29 | 68 | 2.3 | 34 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 52 | 1.7 | 20 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2017 | 24 | 42 | 1.8 | 17 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2016 | 57 | 49 | 0.9 | 22 | 0.39 |
| Sep 2015 | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | 3 | 0.38 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 79% · Writing 76% · Maths 83% → all three 76% 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 | 76% | 0% | 104 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 70% | 0% | 105 | 102 |
| 2022/23 | 53% | 2% | 102 | 102 |
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
- High Cliff AcademyThis schoolThis school20262.0applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · East SussexStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · East SussexStandards maintained20242.2applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · East SussexStandards maintained20242.6applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · East SussexGood20242.3applications per place 31%met the SATs standard
- 3.3 km · East SussexGraded · no overall grade20241.8applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 4.0 km · East SussexGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 4.5 km · East Sussex20263.2applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 5.0 km · East SussexRemains Good20231.7applications per place 69%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
- 140385 · 845/2009
- Trust
- Step Academy Trust
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 154 on roll
- Free school meals
- 37.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2015
- Address
- Southdown Road, Newhaven, BN9 9FD
- Local authority
- East Sussex · Lewes
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources