Fletching Church of England Primary School
General Information
- Address: Church Street, Fletching, Uckfield, TN22 3SP – View on map
- Phone: 01825722356
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Gemma White
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 5 families put it first for 8 places – 6 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 6
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 14
- % eligible for free school meals: 21.9%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the Wealden average)
- English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 49.2% a year (Wealden 16.7%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 54% moved to another school, 46% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across East Sussex: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 3 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 1
- Suspensions for bullying: 7 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in East Sussex (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 9.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 24.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 21.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 15.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 36% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 26 percentage points below the Wealden average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 29% against an expected 60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 29%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 50% · Writing 57% · Maths 36% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 57%
- Average test scores: reading 101, maths 98
- Based on: 14 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
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SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 47th of 48 junior and primary schools in the area
- =45Laughton Community Primary School40%
- =45Sir Henry Fermor Church of England Primary School40%
- #47Fletching Church of England Primary School36%
- #48Little Horsted Church of England Primary School35%
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12th of 42 primary schools in Wealden for Ofsted rating
- #10East Hoathly CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #11Five Ashes CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #12Fletching Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #13Forest Row Church of England Primary School and NurseryGood
- #14Frant Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £11,601 (2024-25)
1st of 45 primary schools in Wealden for spending per pupil
- #1Fletching Church of England Primary School£11,601
- #2Nutley Church of England Primary School£9,886
- #3St Mark's Church of England Primary School£9,713
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