The Baird Primary Academy

State-Funded School

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South EastRegion

East SussexLocal Authority

Hastings and RyeConstituency

TN34 3THPostcode

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Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

The Baird Primary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in East Sussex, South East.

The school is rated Requires improvement by Ofsted. It currently serves 276 pupils. The Baird Primary Academy is part of UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON ACADEMIES TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 47%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 100

Ethnicity

White

84%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

276

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

51%

England average

27%

First language not English

13%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 276
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON ACADEMIES TRUST

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
16 Jul 2024	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
7 Feb 2019	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.