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Manor Primary School

Primary · Uckfield · TN22 1UB

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 4 July 2023

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At a glance

399 pupils · 95% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
22.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
18.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.manor.e-sussex.sch.uk
URN
114437

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 47 families named it first for 50 Reception places, 0.94 first choices per place. We hold 10 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2017 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 4 July 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.94 first-choice applications per place

50 places offered · 47 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

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2018 entry)

Category 3 (Other children living within a pre-defined community area)
732 m (≈0.45 mi)

2018 is the most recent year we hold a cutoff for this school. It describes that year, not 2026.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
63%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school63%
Median of its 12 closest peers59%
East Sussex average60.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Horbury Primary AcademyWakefield · 198 miles awayGood78%
Fynamore Primary SchoolCalne · 97 miles awayGood50%
Wraysbury Primary SchoolStaines · 44 miles awayGood50%
Forest and Sandridge Church of England Primary SchoolMelksham · 100 miles awayOutstanding77%
Sherborne Abbey Church of England Primary SchoolSherborne · 115 miles awayExpected standard48%
Havelock Junior SchoolKettering · 109 miles awayGood60%
Stourfield Junior SchoolBournemouth · 85 miles awayNo current grade73%
Bowerhill Primary SchoolMelksham · 100 miles awayGood65%
Willand SchoolCullompton · 152 miles awayGood58%
Westrop Primary & Nursery SchoolSwindon · 91 miles awayGood63%
Harmans Water Primary SchoolBracknell · 47 miles awayNeeds attention35%
Wouldham, All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolRochester · 30 miles awayGood49%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
9 of 9 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 84% (East Sussex 81%, England 60%) · Any other White background 5% (East Sussex 5%, England 7%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (East Sussex 0%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (East Sussex 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (East Sussex 2%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (East Sussex 1%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (East Sussex 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (East Sussex 2%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (East Sussex 0%, England 5%) · Not recorded 1% (East Sussex 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 3%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
17.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.66 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · East Sussex: 2.91 suspensions and 0.08 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

54.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.9 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,137; 12% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,938
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £203,362; in-year balance -£185,342

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher30.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work34.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier78.7%62.3%
Social housing1.5%17.1%
Privately rented19.8%20.5%
Detached houses34.5%22.9%
Flats7.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms26.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01021223 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£320,000348 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£275,000–£375,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (50)£497,500
Semi-detached (114)£344,500
Terraced (124)£301,000
Flat (60)£165,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
2an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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