Sedlescombe Church of England Primary School

Rother · TN33 0RQ

General information Primary School · 4-11 years Who goes here 199 pupils, 17.6% FSM

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Sedlescombe Church of England Primary School

General Information

Address: Brede Lane, Sedlescombe, BATTLE, TN33 0RQ – View on map
Phone: 01424870585
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Caroline Harvey
Age range: 4-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 41 families put it first for 30 places – 14 for every 10 places. 73% of them were 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 14
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

199 pupils out of 210 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 35
% eligible for free school meals: 17.6%
Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the Rother average)
English as an additional language: 4% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 14.1% a year (Rother 17%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 51% moved to another school, 49% 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

About this Behaviour status

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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: 4.9%
Persistently absent pupils: 10.8%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 15.1%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.0%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Autistic spectrum disorder: 12 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 5 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2023 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 79% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 16 percentage points above the Rother average (63%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 66% against an expected 65%)
3-year average (expected standard): 66%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 82% · Writing 86% · Maths 86% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 86%
Average test scores: reading 105, maths 105
Based on: 28 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolRother averageEngland↗ Improving Up 14 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 16 percentage points above the Rother average (63%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 4th of 31 junior and primary schools in the area

=2St Peter and St Paul CofE Primary School80%
=4Northiam Church of England Primary School and Nursery79%
=4Sedlescombe Church of England Primary School79%
#6St Thomas' Church of England Aided Primary School78%
#7Guestling Bradshaw Church of England Primary School75%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Brede Primary School100%
=2Icklesham Church of England Primary School and Nursery80%
=2St Peter and St Paul CofE Primary School80%
=4Northiam Church of England Primary School and Nursery79%
=4Sedlescombe Church of England Primary School79%
#6St Thomas' Church of England Aided Primary School78%
#7Guestling Bradshaw Church of England Primary School75%
#8Crowhurst CofE Primary School73%
=9Burwash CofE School72%
=9Netherfield CofE Primary School72%
=11Hurst Green Church of England Primary School and Nursery71%
=11Pebsham Primary Academy71%
#13King Offa Primary Academy70%
#14Catsfield Church of England Primary School69%
#15Little Common School68%
#16Etchingham Church of England Primary School67%
#17St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School64%
#18Battle and Langton Church of England Primary School63%
#19Glenleigh Park Primary Academy62%
#20Dallington Church of England Primary School58%
#21Westfield School55%
=22Beckley Church of England Primary School50%
=22Staplecross Methodist Primary School50%
#24All Saints Church of England Primary School, Bexhill47%
#25Stonegate Church of England Primary School46%
#26Chantry Community Primary School42%
#27Bodiam Church of England Primary School36%
=28Rye Community Primary School32%
=28Salehurst Church of England Primary School32%
#30Ticehurst and Flimwell Church of England Primary School31%
#31St Michael's Church of England Primary School0%

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17th of 24 primary schools in Rother for Ofsted rating

#15Rye Community Primary SchoolGood
#16Salehurst Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#17Sedlescombe Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#18St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#19St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Burwash CofE SchoolOutstanding
#2Little Common SchoolOutstanding
#3All Saints Church of England Primary School, BexhillGood
#4Battle and Langton Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#5Beckley Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#6Chantry Community Primary SchoolGood
#7Crowhurst CofE Primary SchoolGood
#8Dallington Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#9Etchingham Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#10Glenleigh Park Primary AcademyGood
#11Guestling Bradshaw Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#12Icklesham Church of England Primary School and NurseryGood
#13King Offa Primary AcademyGood
#14Peasmarsh Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#15Rye Community Primary SchoolGood
#16Salehurst Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#17Sedlescombe Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#18St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#19St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#20St Thomas' Church of England Aided Primary SchoolGood
#21Staplecross Methodist Primary SchoolGood
#22Stonegate Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#23Ticehurst and Flimwell Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#24Westfield SchoolGood

Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,209 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

26th of 32 primary schools in Rother for spending per pupil

#24St Thomas' Church of England Aided Primary School£6,292
#25St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School£6,261
#26Sedlescombe Church of England Primary School£6,209
#27Glenleigh Park Primary Academy£6,203
#28Burwash CofE School£6,104

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Peasmarsh Church of England Primary School£10,138
#2Ticehurst and Flimwell Church of England Primary School£9,821
#3Bodiam Church of England Primary School£9,535
#4St Michael's Church of England Primary School£9,525
#5Staplecross Methodist Primary School£8,968
#6All Saints Church of England Primary School, Bexhill£8,921
#7Icklesham Church of England Primary School and Nursery£8,643
#8Crowhurst CofE Primary School£8,172
#9Etchingham Church of England Primary School£8,022
#10Catsfield Church of England Primary School£7,810
#11Dallington Church of England Primary School£7,731
#12Stonegate Church of England Primary School£7,622
#13Beckley Church of England Primary School£7,524
#14Hurst Green Church of England Primary School and Nursery£7,356
#15Brede Primary School£7,353
#16Guestling Bradshaw Church of England Primary School£7,219
#17Northiam Church of England Primary School and Nursery£7,099
#18Netherfield CofE Primary School£7,058
#19Salehurst Church of England Primary School£6,878
#20Westfield School£6,773
#21Rye Community Primary School£6,589
#22Battle and Langton Church of England Primary School£6,563
#23Chantry Community Primary School£6,455
#24St Thomas' Church of England Aided Primary School£6,292
#25St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School£6,261
#26Sedlescombe Church of England Primary School£6,209
#27Glenleigh Park Primary Academy£6,203
#28Burwash CofE School£6,104
#29Pebsham Primary Academy£5,818
#30Little Common School£5,805
#31King Offa Primary Academy£5,743
#32St Peter and St Paul CofE Primary School£5,644

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