St Leonards Church of England Primary Academy

State-Funded School

st-leonards-church-of-england-primary-academy-east-sussex-south-east

South EastRegion

East SussexLocal Authority

Hastings and RyeConstituency

TN38 0NXPostcode

7.3

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Leonards Church of England Primary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–11, located in East Sussex, South East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 400 pupils. St Leonards Church of England Primary Academy is part of Diocese of Chichester Academy Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 11 Nov 2025 · published 11 Jan 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 69%
Higher standard: 15%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

77%

Asian

Black

Mixed

12%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

400

Total Pupils

46%Boys

54%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

32%

England average

27%

First language not English

20%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 5 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 400
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Diocese of Chichester Academy Trust

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
24 Nov 2021	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
6 Feb 2018	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Requires improvement

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.