Dudley Infant Academy

State-Funded School

dudley-infant-academy-east-sussex-south-east

South EastRegion

East SussexLocal Authority

Hastings and RyeConstituency

TN35 5NJPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Dudley Infant Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–7, located in East Sussex, South East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 169 pupils. Dudley Infant Academy is part of UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON ACADEMIES TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

86%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

169

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

25%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 5 – 7
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 169
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON ACADEMIES TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 24 April 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
17 Oct 2019	Good	Good	Good	Outstanding	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.