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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 |
Inspection history
- 4 June 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained · as Grovelands Community Primary School, URN 114393
- 4 February 2020Graded inspection: Good · as Grovelands Community Primary School, URN 114393
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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 entry177 applications · 90 places offered · 105 named it first
- 2026 2.0; East Sussex median median 2.2
- 2025 2.0; East Sussex median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2024 1.6; 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 1.5; East Sussex median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 1.7; East Sussex median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2019 1.8; East Sussex median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2018 1.5; East Sussex median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.7; East Sussex median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 1.6; East Sussex median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.8; East Sussex median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.6; East Sussex median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- East Sussex median
Dashed bars: as Grovelands Community Primary School (URN 114393), 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 | 177 | 2.0 | 105 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2025 * | 90 | 183 | 2.0 | 106 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2024 * | 90 | 144 | 1.6 | 92 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2023 * | 88 | 159 | 1.8 | 94 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2022 * | 90 | 145 | 1.6 | 96 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2021 * | 83 | 128 | 1.5 | 83 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 82 | 143 | 1.7 | 82 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 90 | 160 | 1.8 | 103 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2018 * | 89 | 133 | 1.5 | 80 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2017 * | 90 | 156 | 1.7 | 100 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2016 * | 90 | 147 | 1.6 | 93 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2015 * | 90 | 160 | 1.8 | 110 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2014 * | 90 | 146 | 1.6 | 97 | 1.08 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Grovelands Community Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20252.0applications per place
- 1.0 km · East SussexGraded · no overall grade20242.5applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · East SussexStandards maintained20251.9applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · East SussexNot yet inspected1.4applications per place
- 2.0 km · East SussexRemains Good20214.7applications per place
- 3.0 km · East SussexStandards maintained20243.8applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 4.9 km · East SussexStandards maintained20251.9applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 5.1 km · East SussexStandards maintained20242.5applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 5.8 km · East SussexRemains Good20222.0applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 151810 · 845/2059
- Capacity
- 630 pupils · 694 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2025
- Replaced
- Grovelands Community Primary School (URN 114393)
- Address
- Dunbar Drive, Hailsham, BN27 3UW
- Local authority
- East Sussex · Wealden
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources