West Rise Community Infant School

State-Funded School

west-rise-community-infant-school-east-sussex-south-east

South EastRegion

East SussexLocal Authority

EastbourneConstituency

BN23 7SLPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

West Rise Community Infant School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in East Sussex, South East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 607 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

92%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

607

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

32%

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: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 607
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 29 January 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
8 Sept 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.