Graded inspection · Mar 2022 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 entry58 applications · 33 places offered · 31 named it first
- 2026 1.8; East Sussex median median 2.2
- 2025 1.9; 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 1.6; East Sussex median median 2.0
- 2021 1.4; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2020 1.7; East Sussex median median 2.0
- 2019 1.7; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2018 1.9; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2017 1.9; East Sussex median median 2.0
- 2016 1.4; East Sussex median median 1.8
- 2015 1.6; East Sussex median median 1.7
- 2014 1.9; East Sussex median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- East Sussex median
Dashed bars: as Robsack Wood Community Primary School (URN 114483), the previous school.
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 | 33 | 58 | 1.8 | 31 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2025 | 36 | 69 | 1.9 | 34 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2024 | 43 | 67 | 1.6 | 39 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2023 | 59 | 88 | 1.5 | 55 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 | 50 | 82 | 1.6 | 50 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 58 | 81 | 1.4 | 52 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2020 | 53 | 92 | 1.7 | 47 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2019 | 49 | 85 | 1.7 | 47 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 112 | 1.9 | 60 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 114 | 1.9 | 62 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2016 | 58 | 83 | 1.4 | 54 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 94 | 1.6 | 53 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2014 * | 60 | 111 | 1.9 | 65 | 1.08 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 70% · Writing 73% · Maths 76% → all three 60% 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 | 60% | 5% | 104 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | 46% | 0% | 102 | 101 |
| 2022/23 | 45% | 0% | 103 | 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
- Robsack Wood Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20221.8applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · East SussexGood20222.2applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · East Sussex20261.6applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · East SussexSpecial measures Inadequate20221.2applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · East SussexRemains Good20231.9applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · East Sussex20251.8applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · East SussexStandards maintained20252.1applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · East SussexOutstanding20232.9applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · East SussexRemains Good · improving20241.9applications per place 72%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 converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 141263 · 845/2161
- Trust
- The Pioneer Academy
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 404 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2014
- Replaced
- Robsack Wood Community Primary School (URN 114483)
- Address
- Whatlington Way, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 9TE
- Local authority
- East Sussex · Hastings
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources