Graded inspection · Mar 2024 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| 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 entry20 applications · 9 places offered · 8 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.2; East Sussex median median 2.2
- 2025 1.7; East Sussex median median 2.2
- 2024 1.8; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2023 1.5; East Sussex median median 2.0
- 2022 1.3; East Sussex median median 2.0
- 2021 1.6; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2020 1.5; East Sussex median median 2.0
- 2019 2.5; East Sussex median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2018 1.9; East Sussex median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.9; East Sussex median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 2.6; East Sussex median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 2.5; East Sussex median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 2.3; East Sussex median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- East Sussex median
Dashed bars: as St John's Meads Church of England Primary School (URN 114576), 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 | 9 | 20 | 2.2 | 8 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2025 | 16 | 27 | 1.7 | 12 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2024 | 18 | 32 | 1.8 | 12 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2023 | 22 | 33 | 1.5 | 20 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 40 | 1.3 | 26 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2021 | 29 | 45 | 1.6 | 25 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2020 | 25 | 37 | 1.5 | 23 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2019 * | 30 | 75 | 2.5 | 45 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2018 * | 30 | 57 | 1.9 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 * | 29 | 56 | 1.9 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 77 | 2.6 | 41 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 75 | 2.5 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 70 | 2.3 | 26 | 0.87 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 81% · Writing 81% · Maths 84% → 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% | 3% | 108 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 53% | 6% | 104 | 101 |
| 2022/23 | 66% | 9% | 109 | 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
- St John's Meads Church of England Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20242.2applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · East SussexRemains Good20233.3applications per place
- 2.8 km · East SussexRemains Good20242.2applications per place
- 3.0 km · East SussexRequires improvement20241.5applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · East SussexGood20221.8applications per place
- 3.7 km · East SussexGraded · no overall grade202452%met the SATs standard
- 3.8 km · East SussexGood202466%met the SATs standard
- 3.8 km · East SussexGood20231.8applications per place
- 4.5 km · East SussexNot yet inspected2.2applications per place
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 147712 · 845/3360
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 218 pupils · 162 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2020
- Replaced
- St John's Meads Church of England Primary School (URN 114576)
- Address
- Rowsley Road, Eastbourne, BN20 7XS
- Local authority
- East Sussex · Eastbourne
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources