Motcombe Infants' School
Primary · Eastbourne · BN21 1SN
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 3 February 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
219 pupils · 81% of 270 capacity
- School type
- Community school
- Age range
- 5–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 21% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 27.3% of pupils
- SEN support
- 13.2% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 0.4% of pupils
- URN
- 114460
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.03 first-choice applications per place60 places offered · 62 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
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.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% left the state-funded sector
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
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
- 2 February 2023: School remains Good
- 23 January 2018: School remains Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.