Firle Church of England Primary School

East SussexVoluntary controlled school

The Street, Firle, Lewes, BN8 6LF

Headteacher: Mrs Rachel WestSchool website ↗Pupils: 54 (capacity: 105)
Ofsted inspected
Inspected July 2025
14%
Reading, Writing & Maths
inspected
Inspected July 2025
100%
First-choice offer rate

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 8 July 2025Full report ↗

Not rated

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

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

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.
14.0%
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%.
0.0%
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 43%·Writing 43%·Maths 43%All three 14%
Reading
Expected43%
Exceeding43%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected43%
Exceeding0%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected43%
Exceeding0%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

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

This school is not oversubscribed.
Supply meets demand.
How many places were offered?
10
How many families wanted this school first?
8
How many got their first choice?
8of 8 (100.0%)
How many applied in total?
12

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
43.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
0.0%
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).
29.0%
Boys and girls
46%girls·54%boys
25 girls, 29 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↓ Peaked at 63% (2018/19), currently 14%

* 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
2015/1653.0%0.0%+0.6-2.4-3.5
2016/1736.0%0.0%-4.4-1.8-5.8
2017/1858.0%8.0%-0.8-2.5-0.5
2018/1963.0%0.0%---
2022/2322.0%0.0%-2.9-6.7-3.7
2023/2443.0%0.0%---
2024/2514.0%0.0%---