Graded inspection · Feb 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 entry84 applications · 48 places offered · 45 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.8; East Sussex median median 2.2
- 2025 1.7; East Sussex median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2024 1.9; East Sussex median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2023 1.8; East Sussex median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2022 1.6; East Sussex median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2021 1.7; East Sussex median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 1.6; East Sussex median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2019 1.8; East Sussex median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2018 1.6; East Sussex median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.8; East Sussex median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 1.7; East Sussex median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.7; East Sussex median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.5; East Sussex median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- East Sussex median
Dashed bars: as St Thomas A Becket Catholic Primary School (URN 114577), St Thomas A Becket Catholic Junior School (URN 114578), 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 | 48 | 84 | 1.8 | 45 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2025 * | 58 | 98 | 1.7 | 53 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2024 * | 59 | 110 | 1.9 | 68 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2023 * | 56 | 98 | 1.8 | 52 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 * | 59 | 95 | 1.6 | 52 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2021 * | 53 | 92 | 1.7 | 46 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2020 * | 59 | 97 | 1.6 | 54 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2019 * | 59 | 107 | 1.8 | 50 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2018 * | 60 | 97 | 1.6 | 57 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2017 * | 60 | 106 | 1.8 | 71 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2016 * | 60 | 103 | 1.7 | 68 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2015 * | 60 | 103 | 1.7 | 52 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2014 * | 90 | 137 | 1.5 | 83 | 0.92 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Thomas A Becket Catholic Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20221.8applications per place
- 0.7 km · East SussexGood202466%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · East SussexGood20231.8applications per place
- 1.1 km · East SussexRequires improvement20241.5applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · East SussexRemains Good20233.3applications per place
- 1.8 km · East SussexGraded · no overall grade202452%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · East SussexNot yet inspected2.2applications per place
- 2.0 km · East SussexRemains Good20242.2applications per place
- 2.2 km · East SussexGood20221.6applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 151679 · 845/3362
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 444 pupils · 432 on roll
- Free school meals
- 9.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 May 2025
- Replaced
- St Thomas A Becket Catholic Primary School (URN 114577); St Thomas A Becket Catholic Junior School (URN 114578)
- Address
- 3 Tutts Barn Lane, Eastbourne, BN22 8XT
- Local authority
- East Sussex · Eastbourne
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources