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Crowhurst CofE Primary School

Primary · Battle · TN33 9AJ

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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: Needs attentionAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Needs attentionLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 30 June 2026 · report published 16 September 2026

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At a glance

96 pupils · 91% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
26% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
19.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.crowhurst.e-sussex.sch.uk
URN
114497

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 13 families named it first for 13 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2021 entry went to 3411 m (≈2.12 mi); distance decided places in 3 of the 10 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2017 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 30 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

13 places offered · 13 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.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2021 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 3411 m (≈2.12 mi)

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
73%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school73%
Median of its 12 closest peers68%
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
Foxton Primary SchoolMarket Harborough · 128 miles awayGood80%
St Mary's Catholic Voluntary AcademyHigh Peak · 202 miles awayGood70%
Brimscombe Church of England (VA) Primary SchoolStroud · 130 miles awayGood60%
Ormesby Village Junior SchoolGreat Yarmouth · 134 miles awayGood70%
Standlake Church of England Primary SchoolStandlake · 102 miles awayGood48%
Brailes Church of England Primary SchoolBanbury · 119 miles awayNo current grade75%
Turvey Primary SchoolBedford · 101 miles awayStrong standard71%
Scholes (Holmfirth) Junior & Infant SchoolHolmfirth · 208 miles awayRequires improvement59%
Ludwell Primary SchoolShaftesbury · 115 miles awayGood35%
Moor Row Community Primary SchoolMoor Row · 302 miles awayGood54%
Tysoe CofE Primary SchoolWarwick · 120 miles awayGood69%
The Kirkby-on-Bain Church of England Primary SchoolWoodhall Spa · 159 miles awayGood67%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 92% (East Sussex 81%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (East Sussex 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (East Sussex 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (East Sussex 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 1% (East Sussex 5%, England 7%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (East Sussex 0%, England 0%)

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)
4.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.08 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
23.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

80% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 20% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 24.88% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

33.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.5 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 £49,863; 16.7% 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£8,263
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £26,918; in-year balance -£5,855

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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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher37.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work41.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier83%62.3%
Social housing6.1%17.1%
Privately rented10.9%20.5%
Detached houses64.9%22.9%
Flats4.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms40.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01021097 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£567,00010 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£440,000–£700,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (7)£700,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (3.41 km, 2021 entry): 398 sales, median £351,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

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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