Meridian Community Primary School and Nursery

East SussexCommunity school

Roderick Avenue North, Peacehaven, BN10 8BZ

Headteacher: Ms Claire WestcottSchool website ↗Pupils: 456 (capacity: 420)
Ofsted Good
Inspected June 2024
Oversubscribed
76% of first-choice applicants offered a place
31%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Good
Inspected June 2024
76%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 11 June 2024Full report ↗

Good

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Quality of Teaching
Good
Behaviour in School
Outstanding
Pupils' Wider Development
Outstanding
School Leadership
Good

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
31.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
2.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 62%·Writing 39%·Maths 52%All three 31%
Reading
Expected62%
Exceeding16%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected39%
Exceeding5%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected52%
Exceeding7%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
60
How many families wanted this school first?
79
How many got their first choice?
60of 79 (75.9%)
How many applied in total?
141

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
38.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
8.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
26.0%
Boys and girls
46%girls·54%boys
210 girls, 246 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↓ Peaked at 69% (2015/16), currently 31%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1669.0%0.0%+0.8+0.1+2.0
2016/1753.0%4.0%+0.8-0.9-0.2
2017/1862.0%12.0%-0.2-0.7-1.1
2018/1937.0%7.0%-2.7-1.7-4.7
2022/2345.0%1.0%-1.3-2.4-3.0
2023/2447.0%2.0%---
2024/2531.0%2.0%---