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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 6 November 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 21 May 2019Graded inspection: 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 entry42 applications · 19 places offered · 10 named it first
- 2026 2.2; East Sussex median median 2.2
- 2025 3.8; East Sussex median median 2.2
- 2024 1.7; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2023 3.4; East Sussex median median 2.0
- 2022 1.0; East Sussex median median 2.0
- 2021 1.1; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2020 1.7; East Sussex median median 2.0
- 2019 1.2; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2018 1.3; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2017 1.2; East Sussex median median 2.0
- 2016 1.4; East Sussex median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 0.9; East Sussex median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 0.6; East Sussex median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- East Sussex median
Dashed bars: as Meeching Valley Primary School (URN 114440), 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 | 19 | 42 | 2.2 | 10 | 0.53 |
| Sep 2025 | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 7 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2024 | 19 | 33 | 1.7 | 12 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2023 | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 6 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 29 | 1.0 | 11 | 0.37 |
| Sep 2021 | 26 | 29 | 1.1 | 9 | 0.35 |
| Sep 2020 | 19 | 32 | 1.7 | 13 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2019 | 29 | 35 | 1.2 | 16 | 0.55 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 40 | 1.3 | 16 | 0.53 |
| Sep 2017 | 28 | 34 | 1.2 | 17 | 0.61 |
| Sep 2016 * | 20 | 28 | 1.4 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 27 | 25 | 0.9 | 9 | 0.33 |
| Sep 2014 * | 29 | 17 | 0.6 | 10 | 0.34 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 81% · Writing 81% · Maths 81% → all three 81% 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 | 81% | 0% | 110 | 108 |
| 2023/24 | 74% | 0% | 109 | 108 |
| 2022/23 | 74% | 0% | 104 | 106 |
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
- Breakwater AcademyThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20242.2applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · East SussexStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · East Sussex20262.0applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · East SussexStandards maintained20242.6applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · East SussexGood20242.3applications per place 31%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · East SussexGraded · no overall grade20241.8applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 3.4 km · East SussexGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 5.1 km · East Sussex20263.2applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 5.5 km · East SussexRemains Good20231.7applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 143120 · 845/2021
- Trust
- Step Academy Trust
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 144 on roll
- Free school meals
- 41.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2016
- Replaced
- Meeching Valley Primary School (URN 114440)
- Address
- Valley Road, Newhaven, BN9 9UT
- Local authority
- East Sussex · Lewes
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources