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 | 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 entry44 applications · 30 places offered · 22 named it first
- 2026 1.5; East Sussex median median 2.2
- 2025 2.5; East Sussex median median 2.2
- 2024 1.6; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2023 1.5; East Sussex median median 2.0
- 2022 1.4; East Sussex median median 2.0
- 2021 1.6; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2020 2.0; East Sussex median median 2.0
- 2019 1.4; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2018 1.3; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2017 1.7; East Sussex median median 2.0
- 2016 1.4; East Sussex median median 1.8
- 2015 1.5; East Sussex median median 1.7
- 2014 1.3; 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 | 44 | 1.5 | 22 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2025 | 17 | 43 | 2.5 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 27 | 44 | 1.6 | 18 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2023 | 29 | 44 | 1.5 | 27 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 43 | 1.4 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 28 | 46 | 1.6 | 26 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 59 | 2.0 | 40 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2019 | 29 | 41 | 1.4 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 26 | 34 | 1.3 | 21 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2017 | 30 | 51 | 1.7 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2016 | 28 | 39 | 1.4 | 25 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2015 | 30 | 46 | 1.5 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2014 | 30 | 38 | 1.3 | 20 | 0.67 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 79% · Writing 79% · Maths 82% → all three 71% 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 | 71% | 0% | 105 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 68% | 8% | 103 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 37% | 3% | 100 | 100 |
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
- Pebsham Primary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · East SussexGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · East SussexGraded · no overall grade20252.8applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · East SussexRemains Good20232.4applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · East SussexStandards maintained20251.8applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · East SussexStandards maintained20243.1applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · East Sussex20261.6applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · East Sussex20251.8applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 140411 · 845/2010
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 190 on roll
- Free school meals
- 27.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2014
- Replaced
- Pebsham Community Primary School (URN 114445)
- Address
- School Place, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 2PU
- Local authority
- East Sussex · Rother
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources