St Peter and St Paul CofE Primary School

East SussexVoluntary aided school

Buckhurst Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 1QE

Headteacher: Mrs Angela HamillSchool website ↗Pupils: 419 (capacity: 420)
Ofsted inspected
Inspected March 2025
Oversubscribed
91% of first-choice applicants offered a place
80%
Reading, Writing & Maths
inspected
Inspected March 2025
91%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 11 March 2025Full report ↗

Not rated

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

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

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.
80.0%
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%.
5.0%
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 90%·Writing 87%·Maths 92%All three 80%
Reading
Expected90%
Exceeding33%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected87%
Exceeding11%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected92%
Exceeding25%
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?
66
How many got their first choice?
60of 66 (90.9%)
How many applied in total?
141

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
23.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
16.0%
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).
15.0%
Boys and girls
48%girls·52%boys
200 girls, 219 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↓ Peaked at 92% (2023/24), currently 80%

* 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
2015/1664.0%0.0%+3.4+0.9+2.1
2016/1770.0%7.0%+1.5-0.1+2.3
2017/1886.0%5.0%+0.6-0.7+2.0
2018/1984.0%16.0%+0.9+0.7+2.1
2022/2390.0%15.0%+1.4+1.4+1.1
2023/2492.0%8.0%---
2024/2580.0%5.0%---
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