Motcombe Infants' School

State-Funded School

motcombe-infants-school-east-sussex-south-east

South EastRegion

East SussexLocal Authority

EastbourneConstituency

BN21 1SNPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Motcombe Infants' School 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 219 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

86%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

219

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

21%

England average

27%

First language not English

24%

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: Average
Total pupils: 219
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

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

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 3 February 2023. 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
11 Sept 2012	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.