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Nutley Church of England Primary School

Primary · Uckfield · TN22 3NW

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Needs attention

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: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 6 January 2026 · report published 1 March 2026

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At a glance

60 pupils · 57% 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
11.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.nutleyprimaryschool.org.uk/
URN
114517

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 6 families named it first for 6 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 7087 m (≈4.40 mi); distance decided places in 1 of the 10 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2017 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 6 January 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

6 places offered · 6 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 (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 7087 m (≈4.40 mi)

measured in a straight line.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
54%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
8%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
101
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 school54%
Median of its 12 closest peers70.5%
East Sussex average60.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Grassington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolSkipton · 227 miles awayGood71%
Old Newton Church of England Primary SchoolStowmarket · 92 miles awayGood67%
Stanton-in-Peak CofE Primary SchoolMatlock · 165 miles awayOutstanding67%
Queen Eleanor Primary SchoolNewark · 155 miles awayExpected standard67%
Wigley Primary SchoolChesterfield · 167 miles awayExpected standard83%
Kimbolton Primary AcademyHuntingdon · 90 miles awayGood83%
Five Ashes CofE Primary SchoolMayfield · 7 miles awayGood82%
Paulerspury Church of England Primary SchoolTowcester · 86 miles awayGood33%
Longford CofE Primary SchoolAshbourne · 151 miles awayGood100%
Roxwell Church of England Primary SchoolChelmsford · 52 miles awayGood82%
Bardwell Church of England Primary SchoolBury St Edmunds · 96 miles awayExpected standard43%
Great Wilbraham CofE Primary AcademyCambridge · 81 miles awayNeeds attention70%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 97% (East Sussex 81%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (East Sussex 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 2% (East Sussex 5%, England 7%)

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)
4.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
2.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
11.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

60% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 20% moved to another state school · 20% 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)

40% of teachers took sickness absence, 3 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 £52,019; 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£10,217
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £41,266; in-year balance -£26,701

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher39.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work41.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier74.4%62.3%
Social housing10.8%17.1%
Privately rented14.7%20.5%
Detached houses50.7%22.9%
Flats9.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms40.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01021164 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£602,00034 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£439,000–£820,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (22)£718,000
Semi-detached (8)£442,500

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of 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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
8a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
3a 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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