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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 4 June 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 11 March 2020Graded inspection: Outstanding · as Little Common School, URN 114429
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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 entry153 applications · 90 places offered · 101 named it first
- 2026 1.7; East Sussex median median 2.2
- 2025 1.6; East Sussex median median 2.2
- 2024 1.5; East Sussex median median 1.9
- 2023 1.7; East Sussex median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2022 1.5; East Sussex median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2021 1.5; East Sussex median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 1.5; East Sussex median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2019 1.7; East Sussex median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2018 1.3; East Sussex median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.5; East Sussex median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 1.4; East Sussex median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.4; 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 Little Common School (URN 114429), 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 | 90 | 153 | 1.7 | 101 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2025 | 90 | 140 | 1.6 | 84 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2024 | 88 | 129 | 1.5 | 86 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 * | 90 | 154 | 1.7 | 103 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2022 * | 89 | 129 | 1.5 | 87 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 * | 90 | 137 | 1.5 | 99 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2020 * | 90 | 132 | 1.5 | 95 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2019 * | 65 | 110 | 1.7 | 65 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 81 | 105 | 1.3 | 72 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2017 * | 75 | 112 | 1.5 | 62 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2016 * | 85 | 118 | 1.4 | 79 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 * | 90 | 129 | 1.4 | 89 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2014 * | 90 | 122 | 1.4 | 82 | 0.91 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 80% · Writing 80% · Maths 78% → all three 68% 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 | 68% | 11% | 107 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 12% | 107 | 106 |
| 2022/23 | 81% | 11% | 108 | 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
- Little Common SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20251.7applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · East SussexGood20231.3applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · East SussexStandards maintained20251.8applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · East SussexStandards maintained20243.1applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · East SussexRemains Good20232.4applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · East SussexGraded · no overall grade20252.8applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 3.9 km · East SussexGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 4.5 km · East SussexSerious weaknesses Inadequate20221.6applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 4.6 km · East SussexGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 149894 · 845/2099
- Capacity
- 630 pupils · 670 on roll
- Free school meals
- 14.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 October 2023
- Replaced
- Little Common School (URN 114429)
- Address
- Shepherds Close, Little Common Primary School, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4SQ
- Local authority
- East Sussex · Rother
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources