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 | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry132 applications · 65 places offered · 57 named it first
- 2026 2.0; East Sussex median median 2.2
- 2025 2.0; East Sussex median median 2.2
- 2024 2.0; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2023 1.7; East Sussex median median 2.0
- 2022 1.6; East Sussex median median 2.0
- 2021 1.7; East Sussex median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 1.5; East Sussex median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2019 1.8; East Sussex median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2018 1.9; East Sussex median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.8; East Sussex median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 1.6; East Sussex median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.6; East Sussex median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.4; East Sussex median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- East Sussex median
Dashed bars: as Telscombe Cliffs Primary School and Nursery (URN 114420), 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 | 65 | 132 | 2.0 | 57 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2025 | 51 | 102 | 2.0 | 40 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2024 | 57 | 111 | 2.0 | 44 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2023 | 76 | 130 | 1.7 | 67 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2022 | 82 | 127 | 1.6 | 68 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2021 * | 90 | 154 | 1.7 | 95 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2020 * | 85 | 131 | 1.5 | 77 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2019 * | 90 | 159 | 1.8 | 82 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2018 * | 90 | 169 | 1.9 | 69 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2017 * | 90 | 162 | 1.8 | 98 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2016 * | 90 | 143 | 1.6 | 89 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2015 * | 90 | 147 | 1.6 | 87 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2014 * | 85 | 120 | 1.4 | 75 | 0.88 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 69% · Writing 75% · Maths 70% → all three 62% 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 | 62% | 2% | 103 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 61% | 0% | 104 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 61% | 4% | 104 | 104 |
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
- Telscombe Cliffs AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · East SussexGraded · no overall grade20241.8applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · East SussexGood20242.3applications per place 31%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · Brighton and HoveGood20241.8applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · Brighton and HoveStandards maintained20254.1applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 3.4 km · East SussexStandards maintained20242.2applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 3.5 km · Brighton and HoveRemains Good20243.9applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 4.0 km · East Sussex20262.0applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
- 4.0 km · East SussexStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 74%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
- 148927 · 845/2028
- Trust
- Step Academy Trust
- Capacity
- 690 pupils · 521 on roll
- Free school meals
- 20.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 February 2022
- Replaced
- Telscombe Cliffs Primary School and Nursery (URN 114420)
- Address
- Telscombe Cliffs Way, Telscombe Cliffs, Peacehaven, BN10 7DE
- Local authority
- East Sussex · Lewes
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources