Brede Primary School

Primary · Rye · TN31 6DG

Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 24 March 2026 · report published 7 June 2026

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At a glance

97 pupils · 69% of 140 capacity

School type: Community school
Age range: 4–11
Gender: Mixed
Free school meals: 8.2% of pupils
English as additional language: 1% of pupils
SEN support: 9.9% of pupils
EHC plan: 1% of pupils
Website: http://www.brede.e-sussex.sch.uk
URN: 114389

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.92 first-choice applications per place

12 places offered · 11 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20

20/21

21/22

22/23

23/24

24/25

25/26

26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

16 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

100%

England 62%

Reaching the higher standard

England 8%

Average scaled score (reading)

109

England 106

Average scaled score (maths)

107

England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)

5.5%

England 6.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)

15.3%

England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher

19.4

England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£7,353

Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

24 March 2026: Expected standard (report card inspection)
24 February 2022: School remains Good (ungraded inspection)
6 December 2016: Yes - improving (good) (ungraded inspection)

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

Nearby schools

Frewen CollegeNot yet graded · Special / other · 2.6 mi
Westfield SchoolGood · Primary · 2.8 mi
Northiam Church of England Primary School and NurseryNo current grade · Primary · 2.8 mi
Beckley Church of England Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 3.0 mi
Sedlescombe Church of England Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 3.0 mi
Staplecross Methodist Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 3.4 mi
Icklesham Church of England Primary School and NurseryGood · Primary · 3.5 mi
Guestling Bradshaw Church of England Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 3.9 mi

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