Meridian Community Primary School and Nursery

State-Funded School

meridian-community-primary-school-and-nursery-east-sussex-south-east

South EastRegion

East SussexLocal Authority

Brighton Kemptown and PeacehavenConstituency

BN10 8BZPostcode

1.9

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Meridian Community Primary School and Nursery is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in East Sussex, South East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 449 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 47%
Higher standard: 2%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 102

Ethnicity

White

88%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

449

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

28%

England average

27%

First language not English

11%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 449
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
7 Jul 2024	Good	Good	Outstanding	Outstanding	Good
12 Jan 2015	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	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.